Anton Kochinyan

Anton Kochinyan
File:Anton Kochinyan 2013 Armenian stamp.jpg Anton Kochinyan on a 2013 Armenian stamp
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union)
In office 1966–1974
Preceded by	Yakov Zarobyan
Succeeded by	Karen Demirchyan
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 1952–1966
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia SSR
Personal details
Born	Anton Ervandovich Kochinyan November 25, 1913 Vahagni, Lori Province
Died	Yerevan
Nationality	Soviet Armenian
Occupation	politician

Anton Ervandovich Kochinyan (Armenian: Անտոն Երվանդի Քոչինյան; 25 November 1913 – 1 December 1990, Yerevan) 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. He pleaded unsuccessfully with central government in Moscow for the unification of Karabakh with Armenia. He was succeeded by Karen Demirchyan in 1974.

Publications

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

References

• Кочинян Антон Ервандович. knowbysight.info