Galust Trapizonyan

Galust Trapizonyan is an Abkhazian politician and former military commander. He is a former member of the Abkhazian parliament. Trapizonyan was awarded the Hero of Abkhazia, the highest state award of Abkhazia.

Biography

Trapizonyan is ethnic Armenian. On 20 January 2017, he was elected the Chairman of the Armenian community of Abkhazia.

Abkhazia Liberation War

Galust Trapizonyan served as a company commander in the Armenian Baghramyan Battalion during the 1992–1993 Abkhazian–Georgian war, where he sustained severe injuries and lost a leg in combat.