A chairman of the Armenian National Delegation, and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian national movement leaders, of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) on April 15, 1906, becoming its first ever president, a position he held from 1906 to 1928.
The leader of the Armenian National Delegation and one of the initiators of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), along with ten other activists, on April 15, 1906. He was appointed as the first president of AGBU and served from 1906 to 1928.