Anton Kochinyan

First Secretary of the Communist Party of ArmeniaIn office
5 February 1966 – 27 November 1974Preceded byYakov ZarobyanSucceeded byKaren DemirchyanChairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist RepublicIn office
1952–1966Preceded bySahak KarapetyanSucceeded byBadal MuradyanMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSRIn office
1958–1954Preceded byGevorg HovhannisianSucceeded byBalabek Martirosian Personal detailsBorn
October 25, 1913
Vahagni, Lori Province, Russian EmpireDiedDecember 1, 1990(1990-12-01) (aged 77)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet UnionNationalitySoviet ArmenianOccupationpolitician

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

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

• Anton Kochinyan (1960) Armenia: big strides in an ancient land. London, Soviet Booklets

References

• Кочинян Антон Ервандович. knowbysight.info