Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (Poghosyan) (Armenian: Ստեփան Պողոսյան; February 10, 1932 – May 17, 2012) was an Armenian historian and politician, a communist and social-democrat activist.[1]
Stepan Pogosyan | |
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Ստեփան Պողոսյան | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia | |
In office 30 November 1990 – 14 May 1991 | |
Preceded by | Vladimir Movsisyan |
Succeeded by | Aram Sargsyan |
Member of Soviet Union Communist Party Central Committee | |
In office 1990–1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (Poghosyan) February 10, 1932 Agakchi, Talin, Armenia, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | May 17, 2012 Yerevan, Armenia | (aged 80)
Political party | Communist Party of ArmeniaDemocratic Party of Armenia |
Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Occupation | historian and politician |
Profession | Doctor of historical sciences, Professor |
He studied at Yerevan State University. Then he ruled the state tele-radio-industry in Soviet Armenia for many years. From November, 1990 to May, 1991 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia, a member of Soviet Union Communist Party Central Committee (1990–91).
Poghosyan was a Doctor of historical sciences, Professor. He was an author of a number of books. He was also one of the leading members of Democratic Party of Armenia.
References
edit- ^ Մահացել է ականավոր պատմաբան Ստեփան Պողոսյանը (in Armenian). News.am. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 28 May 2012.