Suren Khachatryan

{{Short description|Armenian politician}}

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| office1 = Governor of Syunik Province

| president1 = Serzh Sargsyan

| primeminister1 = Hovik Abrahamyan

| term_start1 = September 2014

| term_end1 = October 2016

| predecessor1 = Vahe M. Hakobyan

| successor1 = Vahe A. Hakobyan

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| term_start2 = 2004

| term_end2 = June 6, 2013

| predecessor2 = Edik Barseghyan

| successor2 = Vahe M. Hakobyan

| office3 = Deputy to the Armenian National Assembly

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| term_start3 = 1999

| term_end3 = 2004

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| office4 = Mayor of Goris

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| term_start4 = 1996

| term_end4 = 1999

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|1}}

| birth_place = Goris, Syunik Province

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| nationality = Armenian

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| spouse = Married

| children = 4

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Surik Sergeyi Khachatryan ({{langx|hy|Սուրիկ Սերգեյի Խաչատրյան}}; born August 1, 1956), known as Liska,{{cite news|last=Barsoumian|first=Nanore|title=To Maim and Kill with Impunity|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/01/27/to-maim-and-kill-with-impunity/|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=The Armenian Weekly|date=27 January 2012}} is an Armenian politician who formerly served as the governor of the Syunik Province of Armenia, a position from which he resigned in 2013, presumably because of a shooting incident near his mansion in Goris.[http://www.slaq.am/eng/news/46109/ Syunik region is happy for Surik Khachatryan's dismissal] Prior to that, from 1996 to 1999, he was the mayor of Goris. A member of Armenia's Republican Party, Khachatryan was also a deputy to the Armenian National Assembly from 1999 to 2004. He has a wife and four children.[http://www.hhk.am/eng/persons/surik_xachatryan.html Biography of Suren Khachatryan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005219/http://www.hhk.am/eng/persons/surik_xachatryan.html |date=2007-09-27 }}

On June 2, 2013, Suren Khachatryan's son shot dead Avetik Budaghyan, the brother of Artak Budaghyan, a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic military unit commander in front of Suren Khachatryan's house in Goris.{{cite news|title=Brutal Murder Forces ‘Temporary’ Resignation of Syunik Governor|url=http://asbarez.com/110397/brutal-murder-forces-%E2%80%98temporary%E2%80%99-resignation-of-syunik-governor/|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=Asbarez|date=2 June 2013}}{{cite news|title=Syunik Governor’s Son, Bodyguard Charged With Murder|url=http://asbarez.com/110433/syunik-governor%E2%80%99s-son-bodyguard-charged-with-murder/|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=Asbarez|date=4 June 2013}} Khachatryan was forced to resign on June 6, 2013, due to public pressure.{{cite news|title=Syunik Governor Quits Over Shootings|url=http://asbarez.com/110507/syunik-governor-quits-over-shootings/|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=Asbarez|date=6 June 2013}} He was reappointed as the governor of Syunik Province in September 2014 by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.

He was president of the Syunik provincial council of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union.[http://www.aravot.am/2016/02/25/661423/ «Պատանի երկրապահը» հանձնեց ստուգատես]