Abraham Guloyan | |
|---|---|
Աբրահամ Գուլոյան | |
| Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars of Armenia | |
| In office February 1, 1935 – January 30, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan |
| Succeeded by | Sargis Hambardzumyan |
| Succeeded by | Stepan Akopyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abraham Guloyan 1893 |
| Died | April 19, 1938[1] |
| Nationality | Soviet Armenian |
| Party | CPSU |
| Alma mater | Gevorgian Seminary |
| Occupation | politician |
Abraham Guloyan (Armenian:Աբրահամ Գուլոյան) was a SovietArmenian politician.
Guloyan was born to anArmenian family in 1893 inSalmas in northwesternIran. He studied at theGevorgian Seminary atEtchmiadzin, then continued his studies at universities inMoscow andPetrograd. He was the rector of the Communist University of Transcaucasia, then the president of the State Planning Commission ofSoviet Armenia, and then in 1935, Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars of the Armenian SSR.[2]
Guloyan's tenure in office coincided with the growing repression of party functionaries during theGreat Purge in Soviet Armenia.[2] Guloyan himself was arrested on September 14, 1937, byGeorgy Malenkov inYerevan, on the personal orders ofJoseph Stalin.[3] In his speech before the Armenian Party plenum on September 15, Malenkov "boasted of arresting Guloyan and extracting a quick confession from him after one hour."[3] Guloyan was executed on April 19, 1938.[1]