Avetik Sahakyan

Avetik Sahakyan
Ավետիք Սահակյան
2nd Parliamentary President of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
In office
August 1, 1918 – August 5, 1919
Preceded by Avetis Aharonian
Succeeded by Avetis Aharonian
Personal details
Born 1863
Died 1933
Nationality Armenian
Political party Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan or Sahakian (Armenian: Ավետիք Սահակյան, 1863–1933) also known as Father Abraham was an Armenian politician, the Parliamentary President (speaker) of the Democratic 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 Jalal-oghli, modern Stepanavan, Armenia. He was included in Western Armenian liberation activities (since 1898) and ARF Caucasian project.

After Armenia became a Soviet republic Avetik Sahakyan moved to Tabriz, Persia, where his life was full of sufferings and losses. However, he always hoped to return to his motherland.

Books

References

  1. ^ http://www.parliament.am/En/ Sahakyan at the Official site of Armenian Parliament
  2. ^ New series:'living heroes', Yerkir Online, Jan 16, 2004
Chairmen of the
Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)
Avetis Aharonyan · Avetik Sahakyan · Avetis Aharonyan
First secretaries of the Communist Party
of the Armenian SSR (1920-1991)
Sergey Lukashin · Ashot Hovhannisyan · Haik Ovsepyan · Aykaz Kostanyan · Aghasi Khanjian · Amatuni Vartapetyan · Grigory Arutyunov · Suren Tovmasyan · Yakov Zarobyan · Anton Kochinyan · Karen Demirchyan · Suren Harutyunyan · Vladimir Movsisyan · Stepan Pogosyan · Aram Sargsyan
Presidents of the Republic of Armenia (1991-)