Background
Aram Yerganian was born in Erzurum on May 20, 1900.
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Education
He attended a local school in Erzurum.
Career
He is considered an Armenian national hero. He was the third child of Sarkis Yerganian and Mariam Soghoyan-Yerganian. Yerganian, who witnessed the Armenian Genocide, sought refuge in the Caucasus.
In 1917 he enlisted for the Armenian volunteer detachments and fought for General Dro in the Battle of Bash Abaran.
With a victory over the Ottoman forces and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Armenia in 1918, Yerganian enlisted in the executive body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation that was instrumental in the establishment of, a covert operation aimed at assassinating all key organizers of massacres against Armenians both in Azerbaijan and in the Ottoman Empire. After Armenia lost its independence to the Bolsheviks, Yerganian went to Tbilisi where he and Misak Grigorian were assigned to assassinate former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan Fatali Khan Khoyski and leader of the Musavat party Khan Mahmadov.
On June 19, 1920 they met at Tbilisi"s Yerevan Square as they awaited a signal from their accomplices. When Khoiski and Mahmadov were 100 to 150 meters away, they immediately opened fire on them.
Khoiski was killed instantly, but Mahmadov, who was only wounded, escaped.
After his task in Tbilisi was finished, Yerganian went to Constantinople where he attempted to recruit more avengers for the operation. Yerganian and Arshavir Shirakian were later given the task to assassinate both Cemal Azmi and Behaeddin Sakir who were in Berlin. On April 17, 1922, Shirakian and Yerganian encountered Azmi and Sakir who were walking with their families on Uhlandstrasse.
Shirakian managed to kill only Azmi and wound Sakir.
Yerganian immediately ran after Sakir and killed him with a shot to his head 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. After contracting tuberculosis, Yerganian moved to Cordoba where he died in August 2, 1934 at the age of 34.
He is buried at the local Armenian Revolutionary Federation headquarters.
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Political Party
Armenian Revolutionary Federation