Matevos Asatryan

In the 2018 parliamentary election, Asatryan was elected a deputy of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly, representing My Step Alliance in constituency No. 7. He was a member of the "Permanent Committee on Territorial Management, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environmental Protection" in the National Assembly.^[2][1] In the 2021 election, he was elected a deputy of the 8th convocation of the National Assembly, this time representing Civil Contract.^[1]

On 19 June 2022, around 7:40 p.m., in Nigavan, relatives and friends of Asatryan, the cousin of Aragatsotn deputy governor Edgar Parvanyan, opened fire on a group of young people with Kalashnikov assault rifles. This resulted in seven young people being taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.^[3][4][5] According to some information, the brother of Matevos Asatryan, the head of the Aparan water use company, Grzo Asatryan, also personally participated in the incident.^[6][7] Some time after the incident, the number of those killed reached two.^[8] According to information circulating in the media, the reason for the attack with assault rifles was that the youth cursed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during an argument.^[3]

A few hours after the incident, the Armenian police issued a statement stating that the incident had no political context and that a shot was fired from a hunting rifle.^[4] Asatryan also referred to the incident on his Facebook page.^[3]

Asatryan, who was married with three children, died suddenly on 6 November 2023. He was 38.^[9][10]