Artashes Geghamyan | |
Native Name Lang: | hy |
Office1: | Leader of the National Unity Party |
Term Start1: | April 1997 |
Term End1: | 20 September 2024 |
Successor1: | TBD |
Office2: | Deputy of the National Assembly |
Term Start2: | 1995 |
Term End2: | 1999 |
Office3: | Mayor of Yerevan |
Term Start3: | 10 November 1989 |
Term End3: | 2 October 1990 |
Predecessor3: | Eduard Avakian |
Successor3: | Hambardzum Galstyan |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1949 |
Birth Place: | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR |
Alma Mater: | Yerevan Polytechnic Institute |
Party: | Armenian Communist Party (1972–1990)National Unity Party (1997–2024) |
Spouse: | Married |
Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Armenian |
Artashes Geghamyan (hy|Արտաշես Գեղամյան, pronounced as /hy/; 2 December 1949 – 20 September 2024) was an Armenian politician.
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.
He was married and had two sons and grandchildren.
Artaahes Geghamyan died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 74.[2] [3]