On September 26, 1989, Bakoyannis was assassinated by members of the Greek terrorist group 17 November.
Bakoyannis was a member of the New Democracy party, for which, at the time of his murder, he was parliamentary leader in the Hellenic Parliament.
On September 26, 1989, at the age of 54, Bakoyannis was shot and killed in the front entrance of his office by members of the terrorist group 17 November.
After the murder of Pavlos, she passed a law prohibiting the publication of terrorist groups' post-attack manifestos in Greek newspapers.
[citation needed] Dimitris Koufodinas, Iraklis Kostaris and Alexandros Giotopoulos were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder by an Athens court in December 2003.