Artin Madoyan (Armenian: Արթին Մադոյան) (born 10 April 1904 in Adana[1]) was a Lebanese-Armenian communist politician.
[1] In 1923 the Huntchag Students Union branch was dissolved as Madoyan and Haykazun Boyadian founded the Armenian communist organization Spartak Youth.
[1][4][8] Madoyan established links with Sultan al-Atrash and cooperated in arms smuggling between Beirut and Jebel Druze during the 1925-1927 Syrian revolt.
In Bakdash's absence, Madoyan ran the day-to-day affairs of the party along with Farajallah el-Helou and Nicola Shawi.
[5] Their campaign called for a worker-peasant alliance to achieve national independence, land reform, democratic freedoms and labour rights.
[5] Under Madoyan's leadership the party developed a role in the nascent labour movement and as well as becoming an important actor in the 1936 Syrian revolt.
[12] In June 1943, the Communist Party presented Madoyan as its candidate for the Beirut Armenian Orthodox seat in the 1943 parliamentary election.
[14] In the 1953 parliamentary election the Ramgavar-Huntchag-Independent Group bloc had opted not to field any candidate of their own for the Bourj Hammoud electoral district Armenian Orthodox seat.
[13] In 1956 Madoyan attended the 20th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union along with Bakdash, Shawi and Yusuf Faisal.
[17] Madoyan's autobiography was 'A Life on the Barricade: Memories and Testimonies' was published in Arabic in 1986 (Hayat 'ala al-Mitras: dhikrayat wa-mushahadat) and in Armenian in 1988 (Gyank me badneshi vra: husher yev vgaiutiunner).