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 i ...

) was an

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n 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

. 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 1919 ...

, 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 Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state o ...

. He had three children with his wife, Anahit Bakhshyan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakhshyan, Yuri 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