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Hovhannes Katchaznouni
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| Hovhannes Katchaznouni Յովհաննէս Քաջազնունի |
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| In office May 30, 1918 – May 28, 1919 |
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| Succeeded by | Alexander Khatisyan |
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| Born | 1868 Akhaltsikhe, Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire) |
| Died | 1938 Yerevan, Armenian SSR |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
Hovhannes Katchaznouni (Armenian: Յովհաննէս Քաջազնունի) (Akhaltsikhe, Georgia 1868 – Yerevan, Armenia 1938) was the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia from May 30, 1918 to May 28, 1919. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
Hovannes Katchaznouni is the first prime-minister of the Armenian state founded in July 1918. He was in power as the head of government until August 1919, for thirteen months. He was among the founders of the Dashnagzoutiun Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party and one of its top leaders. He was the prime authority of Armenia and the Dashnagzoutiun Party.
He was born in 1867 in the Akhaltsikhe (Ahıska) region of Georgia. Having studied architecture, he worked as an architect in Baku. He joined the Dashnag organization there. He became a member of the Armenian National Council in 1917 and was the Dashnag representative in the Seym (the Caucasian Parliament) until 1918. He was on the Armenian committee, conducting the peace talks with the Turks in Trabzon and Batoum. After the dissolution of the Caucasian State, he became the first prime-minister of the independent Armenian State in 1918. He held this position until August 1919. He was arrested after Bolsheviks came to power in Armenia in 1920. He left the country after the counter-revolutionary revolt against the Bolshevik rule was suppressed in 1921. Years later, he returned to the Soviet Armenia to work there as an architect until his death in 1938.
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Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia 1918-1919 |
Succeeded by Alexander Khatisyan |
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