Ashot Hovhannisian
Ashot Hovhannisian | |
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| Աշոտ Հովհաննիսյան | |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia | |
| In office January 1922 – July 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Askanaz Mravyan |
| Succeeded by | Hayk Ovsepyan |
| 1st Minister of Education of Soviet Armenia | |
| In office December 1920 – 1921 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Poghos Makintsian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 17, 1887 Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 30, 1972 (aged 85) Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1906–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1937) |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Occupation | Scholar, revolutionary, official |
Ashot Garegini Hovhannisian (Armenian: Աշոտ Գարգինի Հովհաննիսյան; Russian: Ашот Гарегинович Иоаннисян, Ashot Gareginovich Ioannisyan; June 17, 1887 – June 30, 1972) was an Armenian Marxist historian, theorist and Communist official.