Khachatur Karchikyan
{{Short description|Armenian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Khachatur Karchikyan
| image = 127 khachatur karchikyan.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| office1 = Minister of Social Protection{{Clear}}of the First Republic of Armenia
| primeminister1= Hovhannes Katchaznouni
| term_start1 = November 4, 1918
| term_end1 = November 11, 1918
| predecessor1 = Position created
| successor1 = Levon Ghulyan
| birth_date = 1882
| birth_place = Vagharshapat, Armenia
| death_date = {{death year and age|1918|1882}}
| death_place = Yerevan
| nationality = Armenian
}}
Khachatur Hovhannes Karchikyan ({{langx|hy|Խաչատուր Հովհաննեսի Կարճիկյան}}; 1882–1918) was an Armenian politician, state figure, a member of the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation).
In 1914–1918, being a member of the Armenian National Bureau, he participated in the Armenian volunteer movement organization.
After the February Revolution of 1917, he became the adviser of H. Zavryan, the General of Western Armenia (created by the interim Government) and the first Deputy Head of the Commissariat. Khachatur was also a member of the Armenian National Council.
In November, 1917 he assumed the position of the Minister of Finance in Transcaucasian Commissariat.
In July, 1918 he was appointed the Minister of Finance of the first Government,{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfe.am/index.php?cat=222&lang=3|title=Ministry of Finance|date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826100538/http://www.mfe.am/index.php?cat=222&lang=3|archive-date=2016-08-26}} and the acting Minister of Justice. On November 4 of the same year, Karchikyan was appointed the Minister of Labor and Public Assistance in the newly formed Coalition Government, meantime sharing the responsibilities of the Minister of Finance. He was killed in his cabinet by a military officer of the “Dashnaktsutyun” party, Egor Ter-Minasyan on November 11, 1918.{{cite web|url= http://blognews.am/arm/news/16345/bacarik-paster-hay-yexapokhakan-dashnakcutyan-gortsich-khachatur-kartchikyani-namaky-andranik-zoravarin.html|work=BlogNews.am |title=Բացառիկ փաստեր. Հայ Յեղափոխական |access-date=August 21, 2016 }}{{cite web|url= http://www.historyofarmenia.am/am/Encyclopedia_of_armenian_history_Karchikyan_Khachatur|work= historyofarmenia.am|title=Կարճիկյան Խաչատուր |access-date=August 21, 2016 }}
In a letter to his wife, the first prime minister of Armenia, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, described Karchikian as the "strongest member" in the cabinet, and "perhaps the only statesman among us".{{Cite web |last=Hakobyan |first=Tatul |date=29 December 2022 |title=Հովհաննես Քաջազնունու նամակը Երևանից Թիֆլիսում գտնվող կնոջը՝ Սաթենիկին. 1919թ հունվար |trans-title=Hovhannes Kajaznuni's letter from Yerevan to his wife Satenik in Tiflis. January 1919 |url=https://www.aniarc.am/2022/12/29/hovhannes-kajaznuni-letter-to-wife-1919-january/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112120734/https://www.aniarc.am/2022/12/29/hovhannes-kajaznuni-letter-to-wife-1919-january/ |archive-date=12 January 2023 |website=ANI Armenian Research Center}}