Avetik Sahakyan
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Avetik Sahakian Աւետիք Սահակեան | |
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Chairman of the Parliament of Armenia | |
In office 1 August 1918 – 1 August 1919 | |
Preceded by | Serop Zakaryan |
Succeeded by | Avetis Aharonian |
Minister of Welfare (Public Assistance) and Labour of Armenia | |
In office 10 August 1919 – 31 October 1920 | |
Preceded by | Hovhannes Ter-Mikaelyan |
Succeeded by | Artashes Babalian |
Personal details | |
Born | 1863 Jalaloghly, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Stepanavan, Armenia) |
Died | 1933 (aged 69–70) Lebanon |
Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakian (Armenian: Աւետիք Սահակեան; 1863–1933), also known as Father Abraham, was an Armenian politician, the Parliamentary President (speaker) of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918-19,[1] the social security minister and member of ARF Dashnaktsutiun Eastern Bureau. He was also known as agricultural scientist.[2]
Biography
Sahakian was born in Jalaloghly, Tiflis Governorate (present-day Stepanavan, Armenia). He was included in Western Armenian liberation activities (since 1898) and ARF Caucasian project. After Armenia became a Soviet republic, Avetik Sahakian was among the members of the A.R.F. who moved to Tabriz and afterwards lived in exile.
Books
- Nersisian, Ashot. Aprogh herosner: Avetik Sahakian, Yerevan, 2004 (in Armenian)
References
- ^ Sahakyan profile at the Official site of Armenian Parliament Archived November 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New series: 'living heroes'" Archived March 23, 2004, at the Wayback Machine, Yerkir Online, 16 January 2004.