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Paruyr
Hayrikyan was born on 5 July 1949. Since 1968, he
was the head of the National Union political party (since
1969, he was convicted 4 times and spent 17 years and 11
months in prisons, camps, and exile). In 1988, Paruyr Hayrikyan was expelled from the Soviet Union. In 1989, he was elected in Paris as the chairman of the “Democracy and Independence” international organisation, and re-elected for the same post in 1990 in Prague. During the Presidential Elections of 1991, Paruyr Hayrikyan received the second highest number of votes. In 1992, Mr. Hayrikyan initiated the re-population of the Lachin region, and on 29 July of the same year was appointed the commandant of the region. Mr. Hayrikyan is a member of the National Assembly (a.k.a. Parliament) and the chairman of the National Self-Determination (Christian) faction. |
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