Yuri Bakhshyan Explained

Yuri Bakhshyan
Office1:Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Armenia
Term Start1:1998
Term End1:October 27, 1999
Predecessor1:Albert Bazeyan
Successor1:Ruben Miroyan
Birth Date:June 28, 1947
Birth Place:Goris, Armenian SSR, USSR
Death Place:Yerevan, Armenia
Death Cause:Assassination by firearm
Nationality:Armenian
Alma Mater:Yerevan State University
Spouse:Anahit Bakhshyan
Children:3

Yuri Bakhshyan (Armenian: Յուրի Բախշյան; June 28, 1947 in Goris – October 27, 1999 in Yerevan) was an Armenian politician, the Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Armenia.

Biography

Bakhshyan was born in 1947, in Goris. He finished the faculty of Physics of the Yerevan State University, 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.

He had three children with his wife, Anahit Bakhshyan.

Death

See main article: Armenian parliament shooting. On October 27, 1999, he, along with Vazgen Sargsyan, Karen Demirchyan, Ruben Miroyan, Leonard Petrosyan, Henrik Abrahamyan, Armenak Armenakyan and Mikayel Kotanyan were shot and killed by Nairi Hunanyan, his brother Karen, their uncle Vram and two others, Derenik Ejanyan and Eduard Grigoryan - armed with AK-47 rifles hidden under long coats after the gunmen broke into the National Assembly building in Yerevan, while the government was holding a question-and-answer session.

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