Claim: Incumbent Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan served as Prime Minister before the country's system was transformed into a presidential one in 2017.
Evidence: He was the last Prime Minister of the country before the office of Prime Minister was abolished in 2017. Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan (Armenian: Արայիկ Վլադիմիրի Հարությունյան; born 14 December 1973) is the incumbent President of Artsakh. After 2017 constitutional referendum, Artsakh was transformed from semi-presidential system into a presidential system and the office of the Prime Minister was abolished.