Hambardzum Galstyan

Hambardzum Galstyan
Համբարձում Գալստյան
Chairman of the Yerevan City Council
In office
December 4, 1990 – December 22, 1992
Preceded byArtashes Geghamyan
Succeeded byVahagn Khachatryan
Personal details
Born(1955-12-14)December 14, 1955
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedDecember 17, 1994(1994-12-17) (aged 39)
Yerevan, Armenia
Manner of deathAssassination by gunshots
OccupationHistorian, politician

Hambardzum Paylaki Galstyan (Armenian: Համբարձում Փայլակի Գալստյան; December 14, 1955 – December 17, 1994) was an Armenian politician and historian who served as the Chairman of the Yerevan City Council (Mayor of Yerevan) from 1990 to 1992 and was a prominent member of the Karabakh Committee. On December 17, 1994, he was assassinated by unknown assailants.