Aram Karamanoukian

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Aram Karamanoukian

Aram Karamanoukian (also Karamanougian , Armenian Արամ Գարամանուկեան ; born May 1, 1910 in Antep , Ottoman Empire , † December 23, 1996 in Fort Lee , New Jersey ) was a lieutenant general in the Syrian army and a member of the Syrian parliament . He is also the author of several books. For his work as a scholar and his military achievements, Karamanoukian received several medals from Egypt , Armenia , Lebanon , Syria and France .

life and career

Aram Karamanoukian was born in May 1910 in the then Ottoman city of Antep as the son of the lawyer Hagop Effendi Karamanoukian and Mariam Leylekian. During the Turkish genocide of the Armenians from 1915 onwards, the Karamanoukian family was expelled from Antep to Deir ez-Zor under the deportation law . They reached Hama , moved to Sulaimaniyya, and finally settled in Aleppo . Karamanoukian received his high school education at the Atenagan and Haigazian Lyceums in Aleppo and graduated in 1923. In 1924 he became a dentist. He then continued his education at the College of Marist Brothers in Aleppo.

In 1932, Karamanoukian entered the Syrian Military Academy in Damascus and specialized in artillery. After graduating from the Academy in 1934, he was sent to France where he received additional training from 1938 to 1939. He continued at the Saint-Cyr Military School , where he graduated in 1945 with the rank of officer.

After returning, Karamanoukian was drafted into the newly formed Syrian army. He participated in the first Arab war to Palestine against Israel in part and fought at the Quneitra - Front . From 1949 to 1957 he was the artillery in chief of the Syrian Army . In this post he rose to lieutenant general in 1956. He was sent to Washington, DC , where he served as a military attaché at the Syrian embassy. After spending a year abroad, he retired in 1958 and worked in the public sector. In the same year he married Hasmig Meghrigian, a US Armenian from New York .

In the 1961 election in Syria , he was politically independent MP and represented the constituency of Aleppo. During his brief political career, he was elected to the National Defense Commission. Due to the growing political insecurity in the country, he left the political sphere in 1964 to devote himself to education.

In 1964 Karamanoukian returned to academic activity and attended St. Joseph's University in Beirut and graduated with a degree in law. He was admitted to the Sorbonne University in Paris and continued his doctorate there, finally graduating in 1972 with a doctorate in law . His thesis dealt with military service and foreigners.

In 1990 he received American citizenship . He was recognized by the New Jersey Lifelong Learning Association as an Outstanding Adult Learner from Bergen County for the 1989-1990 academic year.

During the war for Nagorno-Karabakh , he visited various fight scenes. In the last months of his life, Karamanoukian traveled around the world visiting friends and family in Syria, Armenia, France and Lebanon. After returning to the United States, he became seriously ill and died on December 23, 1996 at Fort Lee. In accordance with his will, his remains were transferred to Aleppo and Armenia. In Armenia, parts of his remains were buried next to his brother in the capital, Yerevan . In Aleppo the rest were buried at the local Armenian church. Many senior officials and dignitaries attended his funeral.

Awards

Aram Karamanoukian received medals from Egypt, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria and France, some of them are:

  • Medal of the Knights of Cilicia (Armenian)
  • Nerses Schnorali Medal (Armenian)
  • Croix de Guerre des Theaters d'Operations Exterieurs ribbon.svg Croix de guerre (French)
  • Legion Honor Officier ribbon.svgOfficer of the Legion of Honor (French)
  • Ordre du Mérite (Lebanese)
  • Palestinian War Medal (Syrian)
  • Ordre du Mérite civil (Syrian)
  • Ordre du Mérite militaire (Syrian)

Works

  • La double nationalité et le service militaire (1974)
  • Les étrangers et le service militaire (1978)

literature

  • Zōravar Garamanukeani keankʻn u gortsĕ by Hasmik Garamanukean (Armenian)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rouben Paul Adalian: Historical dictionary of Armenia . 2nd Edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD 2010, ISBN 0-8108-7450-4 , pp. 445 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f آرام كارامانوكيان ، من الضباط الأوائل المؤسسين للجيش السوري. In: Khabar Armani. Retrieved September 3, 2015 (Arabic).
  3. ^ Gevorg Sarafian, Kevork Avedis Sarafian: A briefer history of Aintab: a concise history of the cultural, religious, educational, political, industrial and commercial life of the Armenians of Aintab . Ed .: Union of Armenians from Aintab. 1957, p. 297 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ في عيد تأسيس الجيش الضباط القادة الأرمن في الجيش العربي السوري. In: Aztag. Retrieved August 1, 2012 (Arabic).
  5. ^ Middle East Record . tape 2 . Moshe Dayan Center, 1961, p. 505 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ↑ Nicola Migliorino: (Re) Constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria Ethno-Cultural Diversity and the State in the Aftermath of a Refugee Crisis. Berghahn Books, Inc., New York 2008, ISBN 0-85745-057-3 , pp. 109 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ a b c Foreground . In: Armenian International Magazine . 8, No. 1, 1997, ISSN  1050-3471 , p. 17.
  8. ↑ a b Death Elsewhere. In: The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 28, 1996 .
personal data
SURNAME Karamanoukian, Aram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karamanougian, Aram; Գարամանուկեան, Արամ (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian military and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaziantep
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1996
Place of death Fort Lee , New Jersey