Badal Muradyan Explained

Badal Amayakovich Muradyan (1915–1991) was the Prime Minister of the Armenian SSR (1966–1972).^{[1] [2]}

Background

Badal Muradyan was born in 1915, in Vardashen village of Armavir marz, Armenia. He attended the Yerevan Polytechnics University and became a chemist. Since around 1956, he worked as the first secretary in the Yerevan city committee of the ACP (Armenian Communist Party).

He become the Prime Minister of the Armenian SSR from 1966 to 1972, during Brezhnev's “standstill." He stepped down in 1972 due to the state of his health.^[3]

From 1976 to 1981, he worked in the “Nairit” factory in Kirov, Russia. He died in 1991.

Memorial

There is plaque on Moskovyan street in Yerevan, Armenia for his memorial. There is a street named after him in Yerevan, Armenia.^[4]

References

1. Web site: Historical Overview - Former Prime Ministers - The Government of Armenia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420081514/https://www.gov.am/en/prime-ministers/info/128/. 2021-04-20. 2021-12-29. www.gov.am. en.
2. Book: Graça. J. Da. Heads of State and Government. Graça. John Da. 2017-02-13. Springer. 978-1-349-65771-1. en.
3. Book: The Current Digest of the Soviet Press. 1972. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. en.
4. Web site: Badal Muradyan Street on Google Maps. 2021-12-29. Google Maps. en.