Anton Kochinyan
Anton Kochinyan | |
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Անտոն Քոչինյան | |
![]() Kochinyan on a 2013 Armenian stamp | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia | |
In office 5 February 1966 – 27 November 1974 | |
Preceded by | Yakov Zarobyan |
Succeeded by | Karen Demirchyan |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
In office 1952–1966 | |
Preceded by | Sahak Karapetyan |
Succeeded by | Badal Muradyan |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSR | |
In office 1958–1954 | |
Preceded by | Gevorg Hovhannisian |
Succeeded by | Balabek Martirosian |
Personal details | |
Born | Anton Yervandovich Kochinyan October 25, 1913 Vahagni, Lori Province, Russian Empire |
Died | December 1, 1990 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 77)
Nationality | Soviet Armenian |
Occupation | politician |
Anton Yervandi Kochinyan (Armenian: Անտոն Երվանդի Քոչինյան; 25 October 1913 – 1 December 1990) was a Soviet Armenian politician. He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1952 to 1966, and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1966 until his retirement in 1974.
Biography
[edit]He pleaded unsuccessfully with central government in Moscow for the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. He was succeeded by Karen Demirchyan in 1974.
Publications
[edit]- Anton Kochinyan (1960) Armenia: big strides in an ancient land. London, Soviet Booklets
References
[edit]- Кочинян Антон Ервандович. knowbysight.info