[1][2][3] Artak Davtyan was born in 1970 in the village of Bambakashat, in the Hoktemberyan region (now located in Armavir province) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

On January 31, 2009, he was appointed head of the operative department and was relieved of his duties as Deputy Chief of the General Staff, a position he served in since 2007.

On 29 September 2017, Davtyan was appointed commander of the 5th Army Corps of the Armenian Defense Ministry based in the Nubarashen District.

[11] Although President of Armenia Armen Sarksyan refused to approve Davtyan's appointment and the Administrative Court of Armenia ruled that Gasparyan should retain his post pending a final decision on the legality of his dismissal, Prime Minister Pashinyan announced that the appointment of Davtyan had gone into effect by force of law on 22 March 2021, as the President neither signed the order nor sent it to the country's Constitutional Court.

[2][12] The Premier introduced him to the General Staff on 22 March, stating that he had "kept in touch all this time" and that "It was obvious to me that we should re-engage him to benefit from his potential in managing our public affairs.