Avetik Sahakyan
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 Stepanavan, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Stepanavan, Armenia) |
| Died | 1933 (aged 69–70) Lebanon |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| 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. He married Varvara Sahakyan, who became one of the first three women elected to parliament in Armenia in 1919.[3] He became Chairman of Parliament in 1918.
Following the Bolshevik takeover of Armenia in 1920, Sahakyan was imprisoned. Following his release, the couple and their children fled on foot to Tabriz in Persia, before settling in Iraq. However, the climate affected Varvara's health, and the family relocated to Beirut.[4] He died in 1933.[3]
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.
- ^ a b Women's Suffrage: The Armenian Formula Chai Khana
- ^ Առաջին հանրապետության կին պատգամավորները Women of Armenia
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