Stepan Pogosyan

Stepan Pogosyan
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia
In office November, 1990 – May, 1991
Preceded by	Vladimir Movsisyan
Succeeded by	Aram Sargsyan
Member of Soviet Union Communist Party Central Committee
In office 1990–1991
Personal details
Born	Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (Poghosyan) February 10, 1932 Agakchi, Talin region, Armenia
Died	May 17, 2012(2012-05-17) (aged 80) Yerevan
Political party	Communist Party of Armenia Democratic Party of Armenia
Alma mater	Yerevan State University
Occupation	historian and politician
Profession	Doctor of historical sciences, Professor

Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (Poghosyan) (Armenian: Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան; February 10, 1932 in Agakchi, Talin region, Armenia – May 17, 2012) was an Armenian historian and politician, a communist and social-democrat activist.

He studied at Yerevan State University. Then he ruled the state tele-radio-industry in Soviet Armenia for many years. From November, 1990 to May, 1991 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia, a member of Soviet Union Communist Party Central Committee (1990–91).

Poghosyan is a Doctor of historical sciences, Professor. He was an author of a number of books. He was also one of the leading members of Democratic Party of Armenia.

External links

• Biography (in Russian)