Boghos Nubar

Boghos Nubar
Պօղոս Նուպար
Boghos Nubar in 1906.
Born(1851-10-02)2 October 1851
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
DiedJune 25, 1930(1930-06-25) (aged 78)
Paris, French Third Republic
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
NationalityArmenian
Political partynone
Boghos Nubar's bust in Paris. Sculpture by Raffy Sarkissian, 1974.

Boghos Nubar (Western Armenian: Պօղոս Նուպար), also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha (Պօղոս Նուպար Փաշա; 2 August 1851 – 25 June 1930), was the son of Nubar Pasha, a three time governor of Egypt.[1] A chairman of the Armenian National Delegation,[2] and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian national movement leaders, of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) on April 15, 1906, becoming its first ever president, a position he held from 1906 to 1928.

In 1912, he was appointed by Catholicos Gevorg V to head the Armenian National Delegation.[3]

  1. ^ "Boghos Nubar Pasha". 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ The New Armenia, Volumes 11-12, The New Armenia Pub. Co., 1919, page 63
  3. ^ Payaslian, Simon (2007). The history of Armenia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 137. ISBN 9781403974679.