Artashes Geghamyan

Artashes Geghamyan (Armenian: Արտաշես Գեղամյան, pronounced [ɑɾtɑˈʃes ɡeʁɑˈmjɑn]; 2 December 1949 – 20 September 2024) was an Armenian politician.

Artashes Geghamyan
Արտաշես Գեղամյան
Geghamyan in 2016
Leader of the National Unity Party
In office April 1997 – 20 September 2024
Succeeded by	TBD
Deputy of the National Assembly
In office 1995–1999
Mayor of Yerevan
In office 10 November 1989 – 2 October 1990
Preceded by	Eduard Avakian
Succeeded by	Hambardzum Galstyan
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-02)2 December 1949 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Died	20 September 2024(2024-09-20) (aged 74)
Political party	Armenian Communist Party (1972–1990) National Unity Party (1997–2024)
Spouse	Married
Children	2
Alma mater	Yerevan Polytechnic Institute
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Armenian

Biography

Geghamyan was born in Yerevan. He finished Chekhov Secondary School in 1966 and graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1971. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1972. From 1989 to 1990 he was the Mayor of Yerevan.

In 1990, he quit the Communist Party. From 1995 to 1999 he served as a deputy of the National Assembly. He was the leader of the National Unity Party which he founded in April 1997. In the 2003 presidential election, Geghamyan was a candidate, receiving 16.9% of the vote in the first round.^[1]

In the February 2008 presidential election, Geghamyan, running again as the National Unity Party's candidate, placed seventh with 0.27% of the vote.

Personal life and death

He was married and had two sons and grandchildren.

Artaahes Geghamyan died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 74.^[2][3]