Ex-Armenian parliament speaker dies at 79
Babken Ararktsyan, a former senior Armenian politician, died on Tuesday night aged 79, the deputy chairman of the Armenian National Congress party confirmed to Panorama.am on Wednesday.
“Babken Ararktsyan passed away last night. He was sick,”Aram Manukyan said.
Ararktsyan was a founding member of the Pan-Armenian National Movement which spearheaded the formation of Armenian National Congress.
He was the chairman of the Supreme Council from 1991 to 1995 and the National Assembly speaker from 1995 to 1998.