Karen Demirchyan

Karen Serobovich Demirchyan (Yerevan Soviet Union 17 April 1932 - Yerevan Armenia 27 October 1999) was Armenian Communist Party first secretary 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.

He was married with two sons.