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

Background

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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).[1]

He become the Prime Minister of the Armenian SSR from 1966 to 1972, during Brezhnev's “standstill."[1] 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.[1] He died in 1991.

Memorial

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Badal Muradyan's plaque, Moskovyan street

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Historical Overview - Former Prime Ministers - The Government of Armenia". www.gov.am. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. ^ Graça, J. Da; Graça, John Da (2017-02-13). Heads of State and Government. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-65771-1.
  3. ^ The Current Digest of the Soviet Press. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 1972.
  4. ^ "Badal Muradyan Street on Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2021-12-29.