Boghos Nubar

Boghos Nubar, Nubar Pasha with honorary title Boghos (Armenian Պողոս Նուբար Փաշա, Turkish BOGOS Nubar Pasha, born August 2, 1851 in Constantine Opel, Ottoman Empire, † June 25, 1930 in Paris, France) was a liberal diplomat under Mehmed V., Chairman 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 Opel Constantine, the son of Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha later.

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

After the young Turkish triumvirate by a military coup in 1913 took over the power in the Ottoman Empire, Boghos of treason against the Ottoman Empire and the cooperation with Russia was accused and pulled at the beginning of the First World War in 1914 to Paris.

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

Awards

Boghos Nubar was awarded the Ottoman mecidiye Order, the Osmanje Medal, the Belgian Order of Leopold and the Egyptian Nile Medal. He also received honorary diplomas and medals for his achievements.