Yuri Bakhshyan (; June 28, 1947 in

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– October 27, 1999 in

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) was an

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n politician, the Deputy Speaker of

National Assembly of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia (, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also informally referred to as the Parliament of Armenia (խորհրդարան, ''khor ...

Biography

Bakhshyan was born in 1947, in

. He finished the faculty of Physics of the

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; , , ), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's ...

, then worked as senior scientist. He became Deputy speaker of the

Armenian parliament The National Assembly of Armenia (, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also informally referred to as the Parliament of Armenia (խորհրդարան, ''khor ...

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 (), was a Terrorism, terrorist attack on the Armenian National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly in the capital of Yerevan on 27 October 1999 by a group of five a ...

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

Death

On October 27, 1999, he, along with

Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenians, Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's ...

Karen Demirchyan Karen Serobi Demirchyan (; 17 April 1932 – 27 October 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian politician who served as President of the National Assembly in 1999 until he was killed in the Armenian parliament shooting. He had been also the First Sec ...

Ruben Miroyan Ruben Miroyan (October 19, 1939, Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armenian SSR, USSR – October 27, 1999, Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the wo ...

Leonard Petrosyan Leonard Petrosyan (; 11 October 1952 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian politician who was the acting President of Artsakh, President of the Republic of Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 20 March 1997 to 8 September 1997. He also served a ...

Henrik Abrahamyan Henrik Hayriki Abrahamyan (October 4, 1939, Sarukhan, Nor Bayazet District, Armenian SSR, USSR – October 27, 1999, Yerevan, Armenia) was a statesman and public figure, journalist, philologist, and candidate of the historical sciences. He died ...

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and

Mikayel Kotanyan Mikael Khachiki Kotanyan (September 1, 1927, Irind, Etchmiadzin Province, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armenian SSR, AKPFSR, Soviet Union, USSROctober 27, 1999, Yerevan, Armenia) was an economist. He was Doctor of Economic Sciences (1972), ...

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

, while the government was holding a question-and-answer session.

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Biography
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