Alexander Khatisyan

Alexander Khatisyan
Ալեքսանդր Խատիսյան
1st Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
2nd Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
In office
28 May 1919 – 5 May 1920
Succeeded by Hamo Ohanjanyan
Personal details
Born February 17, 1874(1874-02-17)
Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire)
Died March 10, 1945(1945-03-10) (aged 71)
Paris, France
Nationality Armenian
Political party Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Alexander Khatisyan (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Խատիսյան; alternatively spelled as Alexsandr Khatisyan) was an Armenian politician and a journalist.[1] He served as the mayor of Tiflis (Tbilisi) from 1910 to 1917. During this period Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov consulted with him, the primate of Tbilisi, Bishop Mesrop, and the prominent civic leader Dr. Hakob Zavriev about the creation of Armenian volunteer detachments in the summer of 1914.[2] During the establishment of Democratic Republic of Armenia, he served as a member from the Armenian National Council of Tiflis to the Armenian National Council and later to the permanent executive committee selected by Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians. After declaration of the Democratic Republic of Armenia, he served as Foreign Minister and signed the Treaty of Batum with the Ottoman Empire. He was elected as the prime minister from 1919 to 1920.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Personalia: Khatisyan, Alexander". Caucasian Knot. 2007-03-17. http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/565508.html. Retrieved 2008-06-27. 
  2. ^ Hovannisian “The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times “ p 280
Preceded by
Hovhannes Katchaznouni
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
1919-1920
Succeeded by
Hamo Ohanjanyan