Surik Sergeyi Khachatryan ( hy, Սուրիկ Սերգեյի Խաչատրյան; born August 1, 1956), known as Liska, is an

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politician who formerly served as the governor of the

Syunik Province Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. I ...

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, a position from which he resigned in 2013, presumably because of a shooting incident near his mansion in

Goris Goris ( hy, Գորիս) is a town and the centre of the urban community of Goris, in Syunik Province at the south of Armenia. Located in the valley of the Goris (or Vararak) River, it is 254 km from the Armenian capital Yerevan and 67 km ...

. Prior to that, from 1996 to 1999, he was the mayor of Goris. A member of Armenia's Republican Party, Khachatryan was also a deputy to the

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from 1999 to 2004. He has a wife and four children.Biography of Suren Khachatryan
On June 2, 2013, Suren Khachatryan's son shot dead Avetik Budaghyan, the brother of Artak Budaghyan, a

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military unit commander in front of Suren Khachatryan's house in Goris. Khachatryan was forced to resign on June 6, 2013 due to public pressure. He was reappointed as the governor of Syunik Province in September 2014 by Prime Minister

Hovik Abrahamyan Hovik Argami Abrahamyan (; born 24 January 1959), also known by the nickname Muk ( hy, Մուկ), is an Armenian politician, former member of the ruling Republican Party, he was the Prime Minister of Armenia from 13 April 2014 to 8 September 20 ...

. He was president of the Syunik provincial council of the

Yerkrapah Volunteer Union Yerkrapah Volunteer Union ( hy, «Երկրապահ» կամավորական միություն, ԵԿՄ ''«Yerkrapah» kamavorakan miut'yun, YeKM'') or Yerkrapah Union of Veterans, meaning ''Defenders of the Land'', is an Armenian non-governmental ...

.«Պատանի երկրապահը» հանձնեց ստուգատես
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Members of the National Assembly (Armenia) Governors of Syunik People from Goris Living people Republican Party of Armenia politicians Mayors of places in Armenia 1956 births {{Armenia-mayor-stub