Sergey Grigori Badalyan (; 4 July 1947 – 24 November 1999) was an

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n politician who served as the first secretary of the

Armenian Communist Party The Armenian Communist Party (, ՀԿԿ; ''Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun'', HKK) is a communist party in Armenia. It considers itself the successor to the Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union), Armenian branch of the Communist Party of th ...

from 1991 to 1999. Badalyan was born in

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in 1947. He studied engineering and mathematics at the

Yerevan Polytechnic Institute The National Polytechnic University of Armenia () is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Established as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology ...

. He worked at the institute as an assistant professor from 1970 to 1973. From 1973 to 1980, he worked at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in

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. From 1980 to 1982, he was the head of the scientific research group at the Yerevan Institute of Physics, then served as the secretary of the Communist Party committee of the same institute from 1982 to 1991. Badalyan was elected to the

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as a deputy from the Armenian Communist Party in the parliamentary elections of

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. He led the Communist Party's parliamentary faction and served on the parliamentary committee on foreign relations. Badalyan stood as the Armenian Communist Party's presidential candidate in the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and 1998 presidential elections. He came in third place in the 1996 election with 79,347 votes (6.30% of the total votes) and fourth place in the 1998 election with 155,023 votes (10.93%). He was a "special guest" of the

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from 20 September 1999 to 24 January 2000, although he died before the completion of his tenure. Badalyan died suddenly in Moscow in November 1999 at the age of 52. Internal divisions ensued in the Armenian Communist Party following Badalyan's death, and the party ceased to be a significant political force.

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