Cabinets of the First Republic of Armenia


The First Republic of Armenia was the first independent Armenian state since the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia, proclaimed on 28 May 1918 in the territory of present Armenia. The republic lasted until 2 December 1920 when it was partitioned by the Russian SFSR and the Turkish Nationalist forces. In the two and a half years of its existence, the republic was composed of 9 mostly Dashnak-dominated cabinets.

First Cabinet


After weeks of negotiations, the Armenian National Council sent Hovhannes Kachaznuni to Yerevan to form the first Armenian cabinet on an "individual basis":
PortfolioHolderParty
Premier Hovhannes KachaznuniDashnak
Foreign AffairsAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Internal AffairsAram ManukianDashnak
Financial AffairsKhachatur KarchikyanDashnak
Military AffairsHovhannes HakhverdyanNon-partisan

Second Cabinet


Populist Kristapor Vermishian replaced Levon Ghulian as Minister of Provisions on 1 March 1919. In March, 1919, Colonel Christophor Araratov was promoted to a major general, becoming the Minister of Military Affairs:
PortfolioHolderParty
Premier Hovhannes KachaznuniDashnak
Foreign AffairsSirakan TigranyanDashnak
Internal AffairsAram ManukianDashnak
Welfare Khachatur KarchikyanDashnak
Military AffairsHovhannes HakhverdianNon-partisan
Financial AffairsArtashes EnfiadjianPopulist
Judicial AffairsSamson HarutiunianPopulist
Enlightenment Mikayel AtabekianPopulist
ProvisionsLevon GhulyanPopulist

Third Cabinet


The third cabinet was as follows:
PortfolioHolderParty
Premier Hovhannes KachaznuniDashnak
Foreign AffairsSirakan TigranyanDashnak
Internal AffairsAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Welfare Sahak TorosyanDashnak
JusticeSamson HarutiunianPopulist
FinanceArtashes EnfiadjianPopulist
EnlightenmentGevorg Melik-KarageozianPopulist
ProvisionsKristapor VermishianPopulist
Military AffairsChristophor AraratovNon-partisan

Fourth Cabinet


Khatisian formed an interim cabinet before the coming election after the Populists boycotted the Dashnaks; Harutiun Chmshkian left the Populists to remain in the cabinet:
PortfolioHolderParty
Premier-President Hovhannes KachaznuniDashnak
Acting PremierAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Foreign AffairsAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Internal AffairsSargis ManasianDashnak
WelfareSahak TorosianDashnak
Public InstructionSirakan TigranianDashnak
JusticeHarutiun ChmshkianNon-partisan
Military AffairsGeneral Christophor AraratovNon-partisan

Fifth Cabinet


The 1919 Armenian parliamentary election gave the Dashnaks a "sweeping majority in the legislature":
PortfolioHolderParty
Minister-PresidentAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Foreign AffairsAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Internal AffairsAbraham GyulkhandanyanDashnak
Judicial AffairsAbraham GyulkhandanyanDashnak
FinanceSargis AraratyanDashnak
ProvisionsSargis AraratyanDashnak
Welfare and LaborAvetik SahakyanDashnak
Agricultural AdministrationAvetik SahakyanDashnak
Public Enlightenment and CultureNikol AghbalianDashnak
Military AffairsChristophor AraratovNon-partisan

Sixth Cabinet


Most ministries were reorganised in preparation for a campaign of national reconstruction:
PortfolioHolderParty
Minister-PresidentAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Foreign AffairsAlexander KhatisianDashnak
Internal AffairsAbraham GyulkhandanyanDashnak
Judicial AffairsArtashes ChilingarianDashnak
CommunicationsArshak JamalyanDashnak
FinanceSargis AraratyanDashnak
Welfare and ReconstructionArtashes BabalianDashnak
Rural Economy and State PropertiesSimon VratsianDashnak
LaborSimon VratsianDashnak
State ControllerGrigor DjaghetianDashnak
Military AffairsMajor General Christophor AraratovNon-partisan

Seventh Cabinet


For the first time since the first cabinet, Dashnaks held all the posts:

Eighth Cabinet


Following the chaos of the May Uprising, Alexander Khatisian resigned from the cabinet, leading to a formation of a new government under Hamo Ohandjanian:
PortfolioHolderParty
Minister-PresidentHamo OhanjanyanDashnak
Foreign AffairsHamo OhanjanyanDashnak
Internal AffairsRuben Ter-MinasianDashnak
Military AffairsRuben Ter-MinasianDashnak
FinanceAbraham GyulkhandanyanDashnak
JusticeAbraham GyulkhandanyanDashnak
Welfare and ReconstructionSargis AraratyanDashnak
LaborSimon VratsianDashnak
Agriculture and State PropertiesSimon VratsianDashnak
CommunicationsArshak JamalyanDashnak
Public Enlightenment and CultureGevorg GhazarianDashnak

Ninth Cabinet


As the Turkish-Armenian War progressed unfavourably for the Republic of Armenia, the government of Hamo Ohandjanian resigned, leading to Simon Vratsian forming the last cabinet of Armenia before its partition:
PortfolioHolderParty
Minister-PresidentSimon VratsianDashnak
Foreign AffairsSimon VratsianDashnak
Interim Internal AffairsSimon VratsianDashnak
Military AffairsDrastamat KanayanDashnak
FinanceHambardzum TerterianDashnak
Interim WelfareHambardzum TerterianDashnak
Agriculture and State PropertiesArshak HovhannisyanDashnak
Judicial AffairsArsham KhondkarianSocial Revolutionary
Interim Commercial AffairsArsham KhondkarianSocial Revolutionary
Public Enlightenment and CultureVahan MinakhorianSocial Revolutionary