Davit Davidkhanian
Davit Davidkhanian | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constituent Assembly of Georgia | |
| In office September 1919 – November 1919 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 1918–1919 | |
| Member of the Tbilisi City Assembly | |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tiflis, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1957 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Relations | See Davidkhanian family |
| Alma mater | Leipzig University |
Davit Davidkhanian (d. 1957) was an Armenian-Georgian politician and newspaper editor. A member of the Davidkhanian family, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia and a founder of the National Council of Georgia, a body responsible for declaring Independence Day (Georgia)|Georgian independence from the Russian empire.[1]
Family
A member of the Davidkhanian family, he is related to Markar Khan Davidkhanian, economic advisor to Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, and Martiros Khan Davidkhanian, the Chief of Staff of the Persian Cossack Brigade.
Career
From 1910 to 1914 Davidkhanian attended Leipzig University in Germany. In 1914 he returned to Tbilisi, and was arrested several times by Russian Imperial police before Georgia’s independence in 1918 for his political activities and his membership in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
In 1917, he became a member of the Tbilisi City Council. In 1918, he became a member of the Georgian Parliament, among the first cohort of democratically elected parliamentarians in Georgian history.[2] In 1918, on behalf of his Armenian colleagues in Parliament, Davidkhanian gave a speech to the National Security Council, saying, "As the representatives of the Armenian National Council, we came here not only to protect our national and cultural interests, but also to work together with you for the welfare of our free homeland, Georgia." It was noted in the Georgian press that his confession, made from the high podium of the Parliament, was met with thunderous applause from the hall.[3] As a result of the additional elections in September 1919, Davidkhanian was elected to Georgia’s First Constituent Assembly[4][5]
In March 1919, the Armenian government appointed Davidkhanian special representative to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and assigned him the management of affairs related to all Armenian immigrants and orphans in Georgia. He was also assigned the supervision of the Armenian emigrants in the North Caucasus.[6][5] In this role, Davidkhanian opened orphanages and workhouses across the country, allocated three million rubles for the hungry in Akhalkalaki, and seventy-four million rubles for seeds. He also liaised with the British governor and signed an agreement with the National Armenian Relief Committee, entrusting them with the care of fifteen thousand orphans and ninety million rubles.[7]
After the sovietization of Georgia, Davidkhanian left the country and resided in Istanbul until 1923. He lived in several European cities until 1951, when he finally settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There, he served as editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Armenia. Davidkhanian died on August 7, 1957, in Buenos Aires.
References
- ↑ Green, Anna (2019-11-17). "The Armenians Elected to Georgia's First Parliament". EVN Report. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ Zhvania, Tamar (March 26, 2019). "The First Universal Democratic Elections in Georgia" (PDF).
- ↑ ""Voice of the People"". Georgian National Council. October 5, 1918.
- ↑ "Armenian National Council of Georgia". Mshak. August 3, 1918.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mailian, Benjamin. "On the History of the Armenian National Council, 1918-1921" (PDF).
- ↑ "Armenia's National Archive". ysu.am. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ admina (2020-06-23). "Սահմանների ընդարձակում. Սիմոն Վրացյան". Aniarc. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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