Alexander Khatisian

Alexander Khatisian (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Խատիսեան) (February 17, 1874, Tiflis – March 10, 1945, Paris) was an Armenian politician and journalist.[1]

Alexander Khatisian Ալեքսանդր Խատիսեան
Foreign Affairs Minister of Armenia
In office 30 June 1918 – 4 November 1918
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Sirakan Tigranyan
In office 27 April 1919 – 5 May 1920
Preceded by	Sirakan Tigranyan
Succeeded by	Hamo Ohanjanyan
2nd Prime Minister of Armenia
In office 28 May 1919 – 5 May 1920
Preceded by	Hovhannes Kajaznuni
Succeeded by	Hamo Ohanjanyan
Interior Minister of Armenia
In office 26 January 1919 – 27 April 1919
Preceded by	Aram Manukian
Succeeded by	Sargis Manasian
Welfare Minister of Armenia
In office 13 December 1918 – 7 February 1919
Preceded by	Aram Manukian
Succeeded by	Sahak Torosyan
Mayor of Tiflis
In office 1910–1917
Preceded by	Vasiliy Cherkezov
Succeeded by	Benia Chkhikvishvili
Mayor of Alexandropol
In office 1917–1917
Personal details
Born	(1874-02-17)17 February 1874 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	10 March 1945(1945-03-10) (aged 71) Paris, France
Nationality	Armenian
Political party	Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Khatisian was born in Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi), Georgia). 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 Der-Movsesian, 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 First 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 First 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. Khatisian died in exile in Paris, France on 10 March 1945.