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KAREN DEMIRCHYAN: "KAMO, KNOW, THEY WILL KILL ME" (VIDEO)
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2013-04-17 11:09:04
Today is Armenian party and state leader Karen Demirchyan's birthday.
Karen Demirchyan was born on April 17, 1932. He was Soviet and Armenian
politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Armenian Soviet
Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1988. Soon after his reemergence into
active politics in independent Armenia in the late 1990s, he became
speaker of the Armenian parliament in 1999 until his assassination with
other politicians in parliament in the Armenian parliament shooting.
Demirchyan had a difficult childhood. Both his parents died when
he was still an infant. He decided on a career in engineering,
and took up studies at the Yerevan Polytechnical Institute in
1949. After graduating in 1954 he worked briefly for a research
institute in Leningrad before returning to Armenia to join the Yerevan
Electrotechnical Factory. A member of the Communist Party since 1954,
he soon became secretary of the factory party committee.
His party career flourished and in 1959 was sent to Moscow to the
Higher Party School, gaining his diploma in 1961, a prerequisite
for higher party service. He returned to work as chief engineer of
the Yerevan Electrotechnical Factory and later director. In 1966 he
became third secretary of the Yerevan party committee, joining the
secretariat of the Armenian Central Committee in 1972.
Demirchyan was elected first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
in November 1974, effectively the boss of Soviet Armenia. Two years
later he also became chairman of the Armenian Supreme Soviet. During
his fourteen-year rule, Armenia was prosperous by Soviet standards,
its economy helped by semi-legal and illegal businesses. However,
Demirchyan failed to quell popular demonstrations in Armenia calling
for Nagorno-Karabakh to be transferred to Armenian jurisdiction. He
lost the support of the Moscow Kremlin leadership and was removed
"on health grounds" in May 1988.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 when Armenia regained
its independence, Demirchyan became director of the Hayelectromekena
electrical equipment plant, the biggest plant in Armenia. He kept out
of politics and was a half-forgotten figure from the past, until his
surprise reemergence into politics in 1998.
Although not a member of any political party, he contested the March
1998 presidential elections, managing to garner 30 per cent of the
votes in the first round and 40 per cent in the second-round run-off
against the eventual winner, Robert Kocharyan. He later formed the
People's Party, teaming up with defense minister Vazgen Sargsyan
to form the Miasnutyun (Unity) alliance to contest the May 1999
parliamentary elections.
The alliance won with 43 per cent of the vote and the majority of
parliamentary seats. Demirchyan was overwhelmingly elected speaker in
June 1999. Four months later, on October 27, he, Sargsyan and other
senior politicians were assassinated in the Armenian Parliament.
http://lurer.com/?p=93250&l=en
2013-04-17 11:09:04
Today is Armenian party and state leader Karen Demirchyan's birthday.
Karen Demirchyan was born on April 17, 1932. He was Soviet and Armenian
politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Armenian Soviet
Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1988. Soon after his reemergence into
active politics in independent Armenia in the late 1990s, he became
speaker of the Armenian parliament in 1999 until his assassination with
other politicians in parliament in the Armenian parliament shooting.
Demirchyan had a difficult childhood. Both his parents died when
he was still an infant. He decided on a career in engineering,
and took up studies at the Yerevan Polytechnical Institute in
1949. After graduating in 1954 he worked briefly for a research
institute in Leningrad before returning to Armenia to join the Yerevan
Electrotechnical Factory. A member of the Communist Party since 1954,
he soon became secretary of the factory party committee.
His party career flourished and in 1959 was sent to Moscow to the
Higher Party School, gaining his diploma in 1961, a prerequisite
for higher party service. He returned to work as chief engineer of
the Yerevan Electrotechnical Factory and later director. In 1966 he
became third secretary of the Yerevan party committee, joining the
secretariat of the Armenian Central Committee in 1972.
Demirchyan was elected first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party
in November 1974, effectively the boss of Soviet Armenia. Two years
later he also became chairman of the Armenian Supreme Soviet. During
his fourteen-year rule, Armenia was prosperous by Soviet standards,
its economy helped by semi-legal and illegal businesses. However,
Demirchyan failed to quell popular demonstrations in Armenia calling
for Nagorno-Karabakh to be transferred to Armenian jurisdiction. He
lost the support of the Moscow Kremlin leadership and was removed
"on health grounds" in May 1988.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 when Armenia regained
its independence, Demirchyan became director of the Hayelectromekena
electrical equipment plant, the biggest plant in Armenia. He kept out
of politics and was a half-forgotten figure from the past, until his
surprise reemergence into politics in 1998.
Although not a member of any political party, he contested the March
1998 presidential elections, managing to garner 30 per cent of the
votes in the first round and 40 per cent in the second-round run-off
against the eventual winner, Robert Kocharyan. He later formed the
People's Party, teaming up with defense minister Vazgen Sargsyan
to form the Miasnutyun (Unity) alliance to contest the May 1999
parliamentary elections.
The alliance won with 43 per cent of the vote and the majority of
parliamentary seats. Demirchyan was overwhelmingly elected speaker in
June 1999. Four months later, on October 27, he, Sargsyan and other
senior politicians were assassinated in the Armenian Parliament.