Armen Karo | |
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| Արմէն Գարօ | |
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| Ambassador of Armenia to the United States | |
| In office 1918–1920 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Member of the Ottoman Parliament | |
| In office 1908–1912 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karekin Pastermadjian 9 February 1872 Erzurum, Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 23 March 1923 (aged 51) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
| Alma mater | Sanasarian College Agricultural School of Nancy-Université |
| Occupation | Agriculturalist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Dashnaktsutyun (from 1895) Russian Empire (1914–16) Republic of Armenia (1918–20) |
| Years of service | 1895—1917 |
| Commands | 2nd Battalion Volunteer Corps |
| Battles/wars | |
Garegin or Karekin Pastermadjian (Armenian: Գարեգին Փաստրմաճեան), better known by his nom de guerre Armen Garo or Armen Karo (Արմէն Գարօ; 9 February 1872 – 23 March 1923) was an Armenian activist and politician. Armen Karo was a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation for more than two decades. He was one of the masterminds of the 1896 occupation of the Ottoman Bank in response to the Hamidian massacres, and of Operation Nemesis, in which several perpetrators of the Armenian genocide were assassinated. Between 1918 and 1920 he served as the first ambassador to the United States from the First Republic of Armenia.