Boghos Nubar

Boghos Nubar (Western Armenian: Պօղոս Նուպար), also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha (Պօղոս Նուպար Փաշա) (2 August 1851 – 25 June 1930), was the son of Nubar Pasha, a three time governor of Egypt. A chairman of the Armenian National Delegation, and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian national movement leaders, of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) on April 15, 1906, becoming its first ever president, a position he held from 1906 to 1928.

Boghos Nubar
Պօղոս Նուպար
Boghos Nubar in 1906.
Born(1851-10-02)2 October 1851
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
DiedJune 25, 1930(1930-06-25) (aged 78)
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
NationalityArmenian
Political partynone

In 1912, he was appointed by Catholicos Gevorg V to head the Armenian National Delegation.

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