Simon Vratsian

Simon Vratsian
Սիմոն Վրացեան
Vratsian in 1920
4th Prime Minister of Armenia
In office
23 November 1920 – 2 December 1920
Preceded byHamo Ohanjanyan
Succeeded byposition abolished
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
In office
23 November 1920 – 2 December 1920
Preceded byHamo Ohanjanyan
Succeeded byposition abolished
Alexander Bekzadyan
(as People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of Soviet Armenia)
Minister of Agriculture and State Property of Armenia
In office
3 April 1920 – 23 November 1920
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byArshak Hovhannisyan
Minister of Labour of Armenia
In office
3 April 1920 – 23 November 1920
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byArshak Hovhannisyan
Personal details
Born5 April [O.S. 24 March] 1882
Metz Sala, Nor Nakhichevan (today Nakhichevan-on-Don), Russian Empire
Died21 May 1969(1969-05-21) (aged 87)
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityArmenian
Political partyArmenian Revolutionary Federation
SpouseYelena Shigaeva

Simon Vratsian (Armenian: Սիմոն Վրացեան; 5 April [O.S. 24 March] 1882 – 21 May 1969) was an Armenian politician and activist of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He was one of the leaders of the First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) and served as its last prime minister for 10 days in 1920. He also headed the Committee for the Salvation of the Fatherland for 40 days during the anti-Bolshevik February Uprising in 1921. While in exile, he continued his political and educational activities in the Armenian diaspora and wrote several books, most notably his six-volume memoir Keankʻi ughinerov ("On the Path of Life") and his history of the First Republic of Armenia titled Hayastani Hanrapetutʻiwn ("The Republic of Armenia").