Suren Khachatryan | |
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| Governor of Syunik Province | |
| In office September 2014 – October 2016 | |
| President | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Prime Minister | Hovik Abrahamyan |
| Preceded by | Vahe M. Hakobyan |
| Succeeded by | Vahe A. Hakobyan |
| In office 2004 – June 6, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Edik Barseghyan |
| Succeeded by | Vahe M. Hakobyan |
| Deputy to the Armenian National Assembly | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Mayor of Goris | |
| In office 1996–1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1956 Goris, Syunik Province |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Spouse | Married |
| Children | 4 |
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]