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Suren Khachatryan

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Suren Khachatryan
Governor of Syunik Province
In office
September 2014 – October 2016
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Prime MinisterHovik Abrahamyan
Preceded byVahe M. Hakobyan
Succeeded byVahe A. Hakobyan
In office
2004 – June 6, 2013
Preceded byEdik Barseghyan
Succeeded byVahe M. Hakobyan
Deputy to the Armenian National Assembly
In office
1999–2004
Mayor of Goris
In office
1996–1999
Personal details
Born (1956-08-01) August 1, 1956 (age 68)
Goris, Syunik Province
NationalityArmenian
SpouseMarried
Children4

Surik Sergeyi Khachatryan (Armenian: Սուրիկ Սերգեյի Խաչատրյան; born August 1, 1956),[1] known as Liska,[2] is an Armenian politician who formerly served as the governor of the Syunik Province of Armenia, a position from which he resigned in 2013, presumably because of a shooting incident near his mansion in Goris.[1][3] Prior to that, from 1996 to 1999, he was the mayor of Goris. A member of Armenia's Republican Party, Khachatryan was also a deputy to the Armenian National Assembly from 1999 to 2004. He has a wife and four children.[1]

On June 2, 2013, Suren Khachatryan's son shot dead Avetik Budaghyan, the brother of Artak Budaghyan, a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic military unit commander in front of Suren Khachatryan's house in Goris.[4][5] Khachatryan was forced to resign on June 6, 2013 due to public pressure.[6] He was reappointed as the governor of Syunik Province in September 2014 by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.

He was president of the Syunik provincial council of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Biography of Suren Khachatryan Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Barsoumian, Nanore (27 January 2012). "To Maim and Kill with Impunity". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ^ Syunik region is happy for Surik Khachatryan's dismissal
  4. ^ "Brutal Murder Forces 'Temporary' Resignation of Syunik Governor". Asbarez. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Syunik Governor's Son, Bodyguard Charged With Murder". Asbarez. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Syunik Governor Quits Over Shootings". Asbarez. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  7. ^ «Պատանի երկրապահը» հանձնեց ստուգատես