Aram Yerganian

Aram Yerganian (; 20 May 1900 – 2 August 1934) was an Armenian revolutionary who was noted for his assassination of Behaeddin Sakir and Fatali Khan Khoyski as an act of vengeance for their roles in the Armenian genocide and the massacre of Armenians in Baku respectively. He is considered an Armenian national hero.

Early life Aram Yerganian was born in Erzurum on 20 May 1900. In 1917 he enlisted for the Armenian volunteer detachments and fought for General Dro in the Battle of Bash Abaran. After the victory over the Ottoman forces and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Armenia in 1918, Yerganian enlisted in Operation Nemesis, the covert operation led by a special body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation aimed at assassinating all key organizers of massacres against Armenians both in the Ottoman Empire and in Azerbaijan.

After his task in Tbilisi was finished, Yerganian went to Istanbul where he attempted to recruit more avengers for the operation. Shirakian managed to kill only Azmi and wound Sakir. Yerganian immediately ran after Sakir and killed him with a shot to his head.

Later life Grave of Aram Yerganian in the ARF Antranig Club in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. After his action in Germany, Yerganian went to Austria and then to Bucharest, where he lived until he moved to Buenos Aires in 1927. In Buenos Aires Yerganian became an editor for the local "Armenia" newspaper. He is buried at the ARF Antranig Club in the city of Cordoba.