Boghos Nubar Pasha

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Boghos Nubar Pasha 1906

Boghos Nubar , with honorary title Boghos Nubar Pascha ( Armenian Պողոս Նուբար Փաշա , Turkish Boğos Nubar Paşa ; born August 2, 1851 in Constantinople , Ottoman Empire , † June 25, 1930 in Paris , France ) was a liberal diplomat under Mehmed V , chairman of the Armenian National Assembly of the Armenian Millet in the Ottoman Empire and founder of the Armenian General Charity Union (AGBU).

Life

Boghos Nubar was born on August 2, 1851 in Constantinople as the son of the later Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha .

He was the founder and administrator of rail transport in Egypt . After Boghos Nubar Pascha founded the AGBU together with other members of the Armenian national movement on April 15, 1906 in Cairo , he remained its first president until 1928.

After the Young Turk Triumvirate took power in the Ottoman Empire in a military coup in 1913, Boghos was accused of treason against the Ottoman Empire and of cooperation with Russia and moved to Paris at the beginning of the First World War in 1914.

In January 1919 the Times published a letter from the Ottoman citizen Boghos Nubar belatedly protesting against the lack of Armenian representation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference . Boghos Nubar died in Paris on June 25, 1930. His successor as head of the AGBU was Galust Gulbenkian .

Awards

Boghos Nubar was awarded the Ottoman Mecidiye Order , the Osmanje Order , the Belgian Leopold Order and the Egyptian Nile Order . He also received honorary degrees and medals for his achievements.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New Armenia. Volume 11/12, The New Armenia Pub. Co., 1919, p. 63.
  2. ^ Nubar Pacha (1851-1930). Acam, accessed December 25, 2009 .
  3. ^ Joan George: "Merchants in Exile." The Armenians of Manchester, England, 1835-1935. P. 184.
  4. ↑ Nubar and Nubarashem, a publication of the general Directorship of the AGBU. Paris 1929, pp. 5-7.
personal data
SURNAME Nubar, Boghos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nubar, Boghos; Paşa, Boğos Nubar; Պողոս Նուբար Փաշա (hyS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the AGBU
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1930
Place of death Paris , France