Suren Khachatryan

Suren Khachatryan (Armenian: Սուրեն Խաչատրյան; born August 1, 1956 in Goris),[1] known as Liska,[2] is an Armenian politician and was the governor of the Syunik region of Armenia, a position from which he resigned in 2013, presumably because of a shooting incident near his mansion in Goris.[1] Prior to that, from 1996 to 1999, he was the mayor of Goris. A member of Armenia's Republican Party, Khachatryan was also the 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 Avetiik Budaghyan, the brother of Artak Budaghyan, a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic military unit commander in front of Suren Khachatryan's house in Goris.[3][4] Khachatryan was forced to resign on June 6, 2013 due to public pressure.[5] He was reappointed as the governor of Syunik region in September 2014 by the Armenian Prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan, also known as Muk.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biography of Suren Khachatryan
  2. ↑ Barsoumian, Nanore (27 January 2012). "To Maim and Kill with Impunity". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Brutal Murder Forces ‘Temporary’ Resignation of Syunik Governor". Asbarez. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Syunik Governor’s Son, Bodyguard Charged With Murder". Asbarez. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Syunik Governor Quits Over Shootings". Asbarez. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.