Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan

The First Secretary of the Nagorno–Karabakh regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Nagorno-Karabakh AO in the Azerbaijan SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in July 1923, and abolished on August 27, 1990. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Nagorno–Karabakh

Name	Term of Office		Life years
Name	Start	End	Life years
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Sero Manutsyan	July 1923	December 1923
Akop Bendzhanyan	December 1923	April 1924
Nikolai Sarkisov	April 1924	October 1924
Hayk Silanyan	October 1924	1925	?–1938
Artvazd Saakyants	1925	1929	1895–1939
M.K. Danilyan	1929	December 1929
Ashot Karamyan	1929	May 1930	1898–?
?	May 1930	1937
Mikhail Manukyants	1937	1940	1909–1968
?	1940	1942
Yegishe Grigoryan	October 1942	1946	1902–?
Tigran Grigoryan	1946	?
Yegishe Grigoryan	1952	December 1958	1902–?
Nikolay Shakhnazarov	December 1958	October 1962	1908–
Gurgen Melkumyan	October 1962	June 1973	1915–
Boris Kevorkov	June 1973	February 24, 1988	1932–1998
Genrikh Poghosyan	February 24, 1988	January 20, 1989	1931–2000
Vagan Gabrielyan	January 20, 1989	August 27, 1990	1936–

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