Anton Kochinyan

{{Short description|Soviet politician}}

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| birth_name = Anton Yervandovich Kochinyan

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| image = Anton Kochinyan 2013 Armenian stamp.jpg

| caption = Kochinyan on a 2013 Armenian stamp

| office1 = First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia

| primeminister1 =

| term_start1 = 5 February 1966

| term_end1 = 27 November 1974

| predecessor1 = Yakov Zarobyan

| successor1 = Karen Demirchyan

| office2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

| primeminister2 =

| term_start2 = 20 November 1952

| term_end2 = 5 February 1966

| predecessor2 = Sahak Karapetyan

| successor2 = Badal Muradyan

| office3 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSR

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| term_start3 = 1954

| term_end3 = 1958

| predecessor3 = Gevorg Hovhannisian

| successor3 = Balabek Martirosian

| birth_date = October 25, 1913

| birth_place = Vahagni, Lori Province, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|1|1913|11|25}}

| death_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union

| nationality = Soviet Armenian

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Anton Yervandi Kochinyan ({{langx|hy|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) [https://archive.org/details/ArmeniaBigStridesInAnAncientLand Armenia: big strides in an ancient land]. London, Soviet Booklets

References