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| Ruben Darbinian | |
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| Minister of Justiceof the First Republic of Armenia | |
| In office 24 October 1920 – 23 November 1920 | |
| Prime Minister | Hamo Ohanjanyan |
| Preceded by | Abraham Gyulkhandanyan |
| Succeeded by | Arsham Khondkaryan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Artashes Chilingarian 1883 |
| Died | 1968 (aged 84–85) |
| Nationality | Armenian |
Artashes Stepani Chilingarian (Template:Lang-hy; 1883 – 1968) better known as Ruben Darbinian (Template:Lang-hy) was an Armenian politician, activist and writer. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) political party. For a brief period in 1920, he served as the minister of justice minister of the First Republic of Armenia. He was also a renowned contributor to and editor of a number of Armenian publications in Tbilisi, Baku, and Boston.
Biography
Artashes Chilingarian was born in the town of Akhalkalaki, today in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti, then a part of the Russian Empire. After completing his studies at the Russian Secondary School in Tiflis (Tbilisi), he continued his studies at universities in Heidelberg and Munich, eventually graduating from the faculty of law of the Imperial Moscow University.
Politically active in the ARF, he contributed to a number of prominent Armenian publications like Mshak and Murdj. Pursued by the Russian tsarist authorities, he sought asylum in Constantinople in 1909 where he continued to contribute to the prominent Azatamart Armenian newspaper.
In 1913, he moved to Germany and in order to avoid further suspicions from the German intelligence, he applied for a passport under the alias of Ruben Darbinian (in Western Armenian Roupen Tarpinian). Chilingarian continued using the new name from thereon until his death. He participated Armenian-German Society.
In 1914, he returned to the Caucasus and resided in Tbilisi and Baku. He was editor of Arev in Baku from 1914 to 1916 and starting 1917 in Gordz, an Armenian monthly. In 1917, he became the secretary of the Armenian National Council that worked for the independence of Armenia.
With the establishment of the Republic of Armenia, he served as Minister of Justice of the First Republic of Armenia from spring 1920 until the collapse of the republic with the onslaught of the Red Army. He was arrested soon after during the purge of Armenian nationalists with the establishment of communist rule.
Darbinian escaped from prison after February Uprising in 1921 against the communists, and soon after moved to Tehran, Persia and later to the United States, where he resided in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the editor of ARF's Hairenik daily and monthly.
He died in Boston in 1968.
See also
References
- ^ "Artashes Chilingaryan - Encyclopaedia Orientica". August 21, 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2023-10-29.