Aram Karamanoukian

Aram Karamanoukian (; 1 May 1910 – 23 December 1996) was a Syrian-Armenian Lieutenant General of the Syrian Army. He was also a member of the Syrian Parliament. He is the author of several books. For his work as a scholar and military serviceman, Karamanoukian received medals from Egypt, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria, and France.

Life and career Aram Karamanoukian was born in May 1910 in Aintab (today Gaziantep), Ottoman Empire to his father, Hagop (Effendi) Karamanoukian, a lawyer by profession, and his mother Mariam Leylekian. During the Armenian genocide, the Armenians of Aintab were deported and Karamanoukian, along with his family, were driven into the Syrian Desert where they arrived in Hama and ultimately settled in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria.

Thereafter, in 1932, Karamanoukian entered the Syrian Military Academy in Damascus and specialized in artillery. After graduating from the academy in 1934, he was then transferred to France to the School of Applied Artillery where he received additional training from 1938 to 1939. From 1949 to 1957, he became the commander in chief of the Syrian Army's artillery. While serving this post, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1956. He was transferred to Washington D.C. where he served as a military attache to the Syrian embassy. During his brief political career, he was elected as a member of the National Defense Commission. In accordance with his will, his remains were transferred to Aleppo and Armenia. In Armenia, part of his remains were buried next to his brother Levon in Yerevan. In Aleppo, the rest of his remains were buried at a local Armenian church. His funeral was attended by many senior officials and dignitaries. Some of Karamanoukian's awards and decorations include: Knights of Cilicia medal (Armenian) Nerses Shnorali medal (Armenian) Croix de Guerre (French) Officier de la Légion d'honneur (French) Order of Merit (Lebanese) Palestinian War Medal (Syrian) Order of Civil Merit (Syrian) Order of Military Merit (Syrian)

Scholarly works La double nationalité et le service militaire (1974) Les étrangers et le service militaire (1978)

Books about Karamanoukian Zōravar Garamanukeani keankʻn u gortsĕ by Hasmik Garamanukean (in Armenian)