Avetik Sahakyan

Avetik Sahakian Աւետիք Սահակեան
Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia
In office 1 August 1918 – 1 August 1919
Preceded by	position established
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 Jalaloghly, 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. After Armenia became a Soviet republic, Avetik Sahakian was among the members of the A.R.F. who moved to Tabriz and afterwards lived in exile.

Books

• Nersisian, Ashot. Aprogh herosner: Avetik Sahakian, Yerevan, 2004 (in Armenian)

References

1. Sahakyan profile at the Official site of Armenian Parliament Archived November 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
2. "New series: 'living heroes'" Archived March 23, 2004, at the Wayback Machine., Yerkir Online, 16 January 2004.