Hamo Ohanjanyan

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Hamo Ohanjanyan
Համո Օհանջանյան
Prime Minister of Armenia
In office
5 May 1920  23 November 1920
Preceded by Alexander Khatisyan
Succeeded by Simon Vratsyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
In office
3 April 1920  23 November 1920
Preceded by Alexander Khatisyan
Succeeded by Simon Vratsyan
Personal details
Born 1873
Akhalkalak, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died 31 July 1947 (aged 7374)
Cairo, Egypt
Nationality Armenian
Political party Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Hamo Ohanjanyan (Armenian: Համո Օհանջանյան) (1873 - 31 July 1947) was an Armenian politician of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He served as the third Prime Minister of the First Republic of Armenia from May 5 to November 23, 1920.[1]

Biography

Hamo (Mher) Ohanjanyan studied locally in Alkhakalak, his place of birth. He eventually moved to Tbilisi and graduated from the Tbilisi Russian Lyceum. In 1892, he continued his studies in the Moscow University and eventually joined the Medical Faculty. However, he left school early in order to join the Armenian Revolutionary movement. He traveled to Lausanne where he met Kristapor Mikayelian, one of the founding members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party.

After the Russian revolution, he was elected as a member of the Russian Assembly and then he became member of Transcaucasia Seim in 1918.

In early 1920 he went to Yerevan and took up the position of Foreign Affairs Minister of the newly found First Republic of Armenia under the leadership of Alexander Khatisian's. After the resignation of Alexander Khatisian's government, Hamo Ohanjanyan was assumed Prime Minister until November 23 of 1920.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Former Prime Ministers". Government of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 18 November 2012. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Alexander Khatisyan
Prime Minister of the First Republic of Armenia
1920
Succeeded by
Simon Vratsyan

References


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