Karen Demirchyan | |
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Կարեն Դեմիրճյան | |
 Demirchyan in 1999 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 11 June 1999 – 27 October 1999 | |
| President | Robert Kocharyan |
| Preceded by | Khosrov Harutyunyan |
| Succeeded by | Armen Khachatryan |
| First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party | |
| In office 27 November 1974 – 21 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Kochinyan |
| Succeeded by | Suren Harutyunyan |
| Full member of the 25th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 5 March 1976 – 1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karen Serobi Demirchyan 17 April 1932 Yerevan, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 27 October 1999 (aged 67) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Komitas Pantheon, Yerevan |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1954–1991) People's Party (1998–99) |
| Children | Stepan Demirchyan |
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Karen Serobi Demirchyan (Armenian: Կարեն Սերոբի Դեմիրճյան; 17 April 1932 – 27 October 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian politician who served as President of the National Assembly in 1999 until he was killed in the Armenian parliament shooting. He had been also the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1974 to 1988.