Boghos Nubar

Boghos Nubar's bust in Paris. Sculpture by Raffy Sarkissian, 1974.

Boghos Nubar , also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha (; 2 August 1851 – 25 June 1930), was an Armenian diplomat and philanthropist. He led the Armenian National Delegation, and was a founder of and first president of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU).

Early life Nubar was born in Istanbul in 1851. His father was Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha. He was educated in Egypt and France as a civil engineer, where he worked on irrigation projects in Egypt and Sudan.

Career As early as the beginning of 1912 the Catholicos of Etchmiadzin Gevork V had sent Boghos Nubar to the governments of Europe to lobby for administrative autonomy for Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

Boghos Nubar, did not demand independence or amendments for the Armenian National Constitution, but to enforce the reforms called for in the Treaty of Berlin, which have remained a dead letter hitherto. In February 1914, the Armenian reform package, also known as the Yeniköy accord, was implemented: which created of two inspectorates in Ottoman Armenia placed under the supervision of two European inspectors general, who would be appointed to oversee matters related to the Armenian issues.

In January, 1919, The Times published a letter from Boghos Nubar (an Ottoman citizen) in which he protests, belatedly, about the non-representation of Armenians at the Paris Peace Conference. The letter includes a useful summary of the Armenian contribution to the allied war effort.

Boghos Nubar retired from politics in 1921 and died in Paris in 1930.

Awards Boghos Nubar was awarded the Belgian "Ordre de Leopold" and Egyptian Medjidieh, Osmanieh and Nile Orders, honorary degrees and medals for distinguished services Officer of Legion of Honour Gold medal at the Paris International Exhibition (1900, for the invention of the tractor - mechanical plow) Gold medal of the Milan International Exhibition (1906)