Ruler · 1932 – 1999

Karen Demirchyan

Lived 1932 – 1999; politician. First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1974 – 1988.

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Lived: 1932 – 1999; 67 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · the 16th of 20 dated reigns · 1920 – 1991

12 before

Suren Tovmasyan1953 – 1960

Yakov Zarobyan1960 – 1966

Anton Kochinyan1966 – 1974

Karen Demirchyan1974 – 1988

Suren Arutyunyan1988 – 1990

Vladimir Movsisyan1990

Stepan Pogosyan1990 – 1991

1 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1974 – 1988 · 14 years · came to it aged 42

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1988; they died in 1999

Demirchyan was elected first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party in November 1974, effectively the leader of Soviet Armenia.

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