Garo Sassouni (; 1889 – 1977) was an

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n intellectual, author, journalist, revolutionary, educator, and public figure. Garo Sassouni was born in the village of Aharonk in the Khulb canton of historical

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province and was a relative of famed Armenian revolutionary fighter

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. He graduated from

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institutions in

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, then received a law degree from the

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. He then became an active participant of the Armenian revolutionary movement. He became a member of the parliament of the Independent Republic of Armenia and a provincial governor. After the fall of the republic he went abroad and became a leader of the Revolutionary Committee of the

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. He wrote a large number of Armenian-language historical and cultural studies. He was founding editor of Pakin literary magazine. He died in Beirut, Lebanon at the age of 88.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sassouni, Garo 1889 births 1977 deaths Armenians from the Ottoman Empire