Vardan Ghukasyan

Vardan Kolya Ghukasyan (Armenian: Վարդան Կոլյայի Ղուկասյան; born 20 January 1961 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR), is an Armenian politician and businessman, member of the Armenian Communist Party, deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia (2017–2019) and Mayor of Gyumri (formerly Leninakhan) from 2000 to 2012, and later from 16 April 2025. He sparked controversy when he called for a transgender activist to be burned alive. He has been repeatedly condemned for transphobic comments.

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