Stepan Pogosyan

First Secretary of the Communist Party of ArmeniaIn office
30 November 1990 – 14 May 1991Preceded byVladimir MovsisyanSucceeded byAram SargsyanMember of Soviet Union Communist Party Central CommitteeIn office
1990–1991 Personal detailsBorn
February 10, 1932
Agakchi, Talin, Armenia, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet UnionDiedMay 17, 2012(2012-05-17) (aged 80)
Yerevan, ArmeniaPolitical partyCommunist Party of ArmeniaDemocratic Party of ArmeniaAlma materYerevan State UniversityOccupationhistorian and politicianProfessionDoctor of historical sciences, Professor

Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (Poghosyan) (Armenian: Ստեփան Պողոսյան; February 10, 1932 – May 17, 2012) was an Armenian historian and politician, a communist and social-democrat activist.^[1]

He studied at Yerevan State University. Then he ruled the state tele-radio-industry in Soviet Armenia for many years. From November, 1990 to May, 1991 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia, a member of Soviet Union Communist Party Central Committee (1990–91).

Poghosyan was a Doctor of historical sciences, Professor. He was an author of a number of books. He was also one of the leading members of Democratic Party of Armenia.

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• Biography (in Armenian)