Alexander Khatisyan Ալեքսանդր Խատիսյան |
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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 |
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Succeeded by | Hamo Ohanjanyan |
Personal details | |
Born | February 17, 1874 Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire) |
Died | March 10, 1945 Paris, France |
(aged 71)
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]
Preceded by Hovhannes Katchaznouni |
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia 1919-1920 |
Succeeded by Hamo Ohanjanyan |
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