March 23, 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of the demise of Armen Garo, the first Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America

07 September, 2023

March 23, 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of the demise of Armen Garo, the first Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America.

In memoriam Armen Garo the Armenian Embassy intends to erect his bust in the Embassy garden.

Garegin Pastermadjian

(Armen Garo)

February 9, 1972-March 23, 1923

Garegin Pastermadjian (Armen Garo), a revolutionary, statesman and diplomat, was known in the Caucasus, Europe, and the United States advocating the Armenian cause. Born into a prominent family and educated in his native Karin (Erzeroom), as well as in France and Switzerland, he became a lead figure in Ottoman Armenian political life and was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire prior to the Genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey in 1915. As a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he was deeply involved in the events leading up to the proclamation of the Armenian Independence in 1918. Between 1918 and 1920, Garegin Pastermadjian served as the first Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America. He died in Geneva in March 1923.

April 23, 2020, marked the centennial of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the United States of America. On that day, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby informed Dr. Garegin Pastermadjian that the Government of the United States, at the direction of President Woodrow Wilson, extended formal recognition to the Armenian Republic.

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