Democratic Republic of Armenia
Ter Minasian played a key role in the formation of the Democratic Republic of Armenia along with Aram Manukian, Simon Vratsian, Hamo Ohanjanyan and others. Later he was a member in the Armenian Parliament serving as Defense Minister of Armenia and political activist. He was one of the individuals served as Ministers of Interior in the period May 1920 – September 1920.
After the Sovietization of Armenian Republic, Ter Minasian moved to Paris, France working as an Armenian intellectual and politician being a member of the ARF Bureau. He later toured in Middle East and Egypt to spread the ARF Ideology in order to become a worldwide known Armenian political party. After all that political activism he wanted a rest, and in 1948 he finally settled in Paris, France. After living in Paris 3 years he died in November 1951. His body was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, on November 30, 1951 under number 13874.
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