Yuri Bakhshyan

Yuri Bakhshyan
Yuri Bakhshyan
Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Armenia
	In office; 1998 – October 27, 1999
Preceded by	Albert Bazeyan
Succeeded by	Ruben Miroyan
Personal details
Born	June 28, 1947; Goris, Armenian SSR, USSR
Died	October 27, 1999 (aged 52); Yerevan, Armenia
Manner of death	Assassination by firearm
Spouse	Anahit Bakhshyan
Children	3
Alma mater	Yerevan State University

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.

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.