Yeghishe Astsatryan
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BornYeghishe Tevosi Astsatryan
2 September 1911[1]
2 September 1911[1]
Occupationpolitician, statesman
Yeghishe Astsatryan | |
|---|---|
Եղիշե Ասծատրյան | |
 Yeghishe Astsatryan's plaque in Yerevan | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR | |
| In office December 1962 – 23 December 1965 | |
| Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia | |
| In office 24 December 1962 – 5 February 1966 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yeghishe Tevosi Astsatryan 2 September 1911[1] |
| Died | 2 December 2008 (aged 97)[1][2] |
| Party | CPSU |
| Occupation | politician, statesman |
Yeghishe Tevosi Astsatryan (Armenian: Եղիշե Թևոսի Ասծատրյան; 2 September 1911 – 2 December 2008) was a Soviet Armenian politician and statesman who served as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Armenia under First Secretary Yakov Zarobyan. A native of Chartar village in Nagorno-Karabakh,[3] Astsatryan was a prominent figure in Armenia during the Khrushchev Thaw. He maintained close ties with Anastas Mikoyan and regularly consulted with him on affairs in Soviet Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.[4]
