Yuri Bakhshyan ( hy, Յուրի Բախշյան; June 28, 1947 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 ...
– October 27, 1999 in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and ...
) was an
Armenian politician, the Deputy Speaker of
National Assembly of Armenia
The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...
.
Biography
Bakhshyan was born in 1947, 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 ...
. He finished the faculty of Physics of the
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 191 ...
, then worked as senior scientist. He became Deputy speaker of the
Armenian parliament in 1998 until his assassination with other eight politicians in parliament in the
Armenian parliament shooting
The 1999 Armenian parliament shooting, commonly known in Armenia as October 27 (Հոկտեմբերի 27, ''Hoktemberi k’sanyot’''), was a terrorist attack on the Armenian National Assembly in the capital of Yerevan on 27 October 1999 by a gr ...
.
He had three children with his wife,
Anahit Bakhshyan.
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Biography
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1947 births
1999 deaths
People from Goris
Assassinated Armenian politicians
Deaths by firearm in Armenia
People murdered in Armenia
Yerevan State University alumni
Members of the National Assembly (Armenia)
Victims of the Armenian parliament shooting
1990s murders in Armenia
1999 crimes in Armenia
1999 murders in Asia
1999 murders in Europe