Khachatur Karchikyan

Khachatur Hovhannes Karchikyan (Armenian: Խաչատուր Հովհաննեսի Կարճիկյան, 1882-1918) was an Armenian politician, state figure, a member of the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation).

Khachatur Karchikyan
Minister of Social Protection
of the First Republic of Armenia
In office
November 4, 1918  November 11, 1918
Prime MinisterHovhannes Katchaznouni
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byLevon Ghulyan
Personal details
Born1882
Vagharshapat , Armenia
Died1918 (aged 3536)
Yerevan
NationalityArmenian

In 1914–1918, being a member of the Armenian National Bureau, he participated in the Armenian volunteer movement organization. After the February Revolution of 1917, he became the adviser of H. Zavryan, the General of Western Armenia (created by the interim Government) and the first Deputy Head of the Commissariat. Khachatur was also a member of the Armenian National Council. In November, 1917 he assumed the position of the Minister of Finance in Transcaucasian Commissariat. In July, 1918 he was appointed the Minister of Finance of the first Government,[1] and the acting Minister of Justice. On November 4 of the same year, Karchikyan was appointed the Minister of Labor and Public Assistance in the newly formed Coalition Government, meantime sharing the responsibilities of the Minister of Finance. He was killed in his cabinet by a military officer of the “Dashnaktsutyun” party, Egor Ter-Minasyan on November 11, 1918.[2][3]

References

  1. "Ministry of Finance". web.archive.org. August 26, 2016.
  2. "Բացառիկ փաստեր. Հայ Յեղափոխական". BlogNews.am. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. "Կարճիկյան Խաչատուր". historyofarmenia.am. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
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