Garo Sassouni

Garo Sassouni (Armenian: Կարօ Սասունի; 1889 – 1977) was an Armenian intellectual, author, journalist, revolutionary, educator, and public figure.

[1] Garo Sassouni was born in the village of Aharonk in the Khulb canton of historical Sassoun province and was a relative of famed Armenian revolutionary fighter Hrayr Dzhoghk.

He graduated from Mekhitarist institutions in Mush, then received a law degree from the University of Constantinople.

He became a member of the parliament of the Independent Republic of Armenia and a provincial governor.

He wrote a large number of Armenian-language historical and cultural studies.