Artashes Geghamyan (, ; 2 December 1949 – 20 September 2024) was an Armenian politician.
Biography
Geghamyan was born in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...
. He finished Chekhov Secondary School in 1966 and graduated from the
Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1971. He joined the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...
in 1972. From 1989 to 1990 he was the
Mayor of Yerevan.
In 1990, he quit the Communist Party. From 1995 to 1999 he served as a deputy of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
. He was the leader of the
National Unity Party which he founded in April 1997. In the
2003 presidential election, Geghamyan was a candidate, receiving 16.9% of the vote in the first round.
In the
February 2008 presidential election, Geghamyan, running again as the National Unity Party's candidate, placed seventh with 0.27% of the vote.
Personal life and death
He was married and had two sons and grandchildren.
Artaahes Geghamyan died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 74.
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1949 births
2024 deaths
National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni
Candidates for President of Armenia
Members of the National Assembly (Armenia)
Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union) politicians
National Unity (Armenia) politicians
Mayors of Yerevan
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