Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (Poghosyan) ( hy, Ստեփան Պողոսյան; February 10, 1932 in Agakchi, Talin region,

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...

– May 17, 2012) was an

n historian and politician, a communist and social-democrat activist. He studied at

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...

. Then he ruled the state tele-radio-industry in

Soviet Armenia The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

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 "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

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 The Democratic Party of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն, ''Hayastani Demokratakan Kusaktsutyun'') is a democratic socialist political party in Armenia. It was established in 1991 by Aram Gasp ...

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Biography (in Armenian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pogosyan, Stepan Karapetovich 1932 births 2012 deaths People from Aragatsotn Province Party leaders of the Soviet Union Yerevan State University alumni Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First Secretaries of the Armenian Communist Party Democratic Party of Armenia politicians Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour