Gabriel Noradunkyan | |
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| Ottoman Minister of Trade | |
| In office August 1908 – January 1910 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Hamid II Mehmed V |
| Preceded by | Naum Nimetullah Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hulusi Bey |
| Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 22 July 1912 – 23 January 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Asım Turgut |
| Succeeded by | Said Halim Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1852 Constantinople,Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1936 Paris,France |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Political party | Committee of Union and Progress |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
Gabriel (Kapriel) Efendi Noradunkyan (Armenian:Գաբրիել Նորատունկեան,Turkish:Gabriyel Noradunkyan Efendi; 6 November 1852Constantinople - 1936Paris) was anOttoman Armenian statesman and bureaucrat. He served as the Minister of Trade in 1908 andMinister of Foreign Affairs of theOttoman Empire from July 22, 1912 to January 23, 1913 during the reign ofMehmed V and the prime ministership ofAhmed Muhtar Pasha andKâmil Pasha.
Gabriel Noradunkyan was born in theSelamsız neighborhood of theÜsküdar district ofConstantinople on 6 November 1852. He was the son of Krikor Noradunkyan, a local bread maker to the Imperial Palace.[1][2] His family originated from the village of Agn (todayKemaliye) nearErzincan.[2][3] Having received his elementary education at home,[2] Gabriel Noradunkyan attended the localSt. Joseph's French High School in theKadıköy district where he graduated from in 1869.[4]
In 1870, after graduating fromSaint Joseph University, Noradunkyan continued his education in Law and Political Science atSorbonne University in Paris.[5] While in Paris, Noradunkyan also studied at theCollège de France and furthered his studies in Political Science at theEcole des Sciences Politiques. He returned to Istanbul in 1875 and became a professor of law at theMekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane.[4] He was then appointed byMahmud Nedim Pasha to be secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6][2] In 1877, he served as a negotiator within the commissions established by the Ottoman and Russian governments during and after theRusso-Turkish War (1877–78).[2]
In 1883, Noradunkyan became a legal consultant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He would remain in this post for twenty-nine years.[4]
An active member of the Armenian community, he became the chairman of theArmenian National Assembly in 1894.[7]
Noradunkyan published theRecueil d'actes internationaux de l'empire Ottoman, a four volume compilation of Ottoman treaties with neighboring European countries translated into French.[7]
After theYoung Turk Revolution in August 1908, Noradunkyan was appointed at the Minister of Trade. Meanwhile, in December of that year, he was elected as a member of the newly formedSenate of the Ottoman Empire. Noradunkyan served his post as Minister of Trade until January 1910.[4]
Nordaunkyan then became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ottoman Empire from July 22, 1912 to January 23, 1913 during the reign ofMehmed V and the prime ministership ofAhmed Muhtar Pasha andKâmil Pasha.[2]
He moved to Europe in 1915 and he was the head of the Armenian National Committee representing the Armenians in Lausanne. After moving to Europe, Gabriel Noradunkyan's properties in Istanbul wereconfiscated.[8]
Noradunkyan was an ardent supporter of the establishment of an independent Armenian state in Anatolia. After theTreaty of Lausanne was signed, he moved to Paris, France where he was the head of a variety of Armenian aid organizations. He became the vice-president of theArmenian General Benevolent Union.[7]
Noradunkyan died in Paris in 1936. Prior to his death, he dictated his biography, but only fragments of it has survived.[7]
He knew Ottoman Turkish, Armenian, Italian, French, and English.[4]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Trade August 1908 – January 1910 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs 22 July 1912 – 23 January 1913 | Succeeded by |
