List of foreign politicians of Armenian origin
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This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside Armenia who are of Armenian origin.
Heads of state and heads of government
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This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Armenian origin. This list does not include acting, interim, transitional, temporary or representative heads of state and government.
| S.No. | Name | Portrait | Country | Title | Tenure | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nubar Pasha Նուբար Փաշա |
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 Egypt
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Prime Minister of Egypt | 1878–79, 1884–88, 1894–95 |
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| 2 | Édouard Balladur Էդուար Բալլադյուր |
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 France
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Prime Minister of France | 1993–95 | [2] |
| 3 | Émile Lahoud Էմիլ Լահուդ |
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 Lebanon
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President of Lebanon | 1998–2007 | [3] |
Australia
[edit]- Joe Hockey (Family Name "Hokeidonian") - Member of Federal Parliament Shadow Treasurer
- Gladys Berejiklian- Member of Parliament, Premier of NSW Ms Gladys BEREJIKLIAN, BA, DIntS, MCom MP - NSW Parliament Archived 2015-12-24 at the Wayback Machine</ref>
- Clr Sarkis Yedelian- Deputy Mayor of Ryde, New South Wales.[4]
- Clr. Artin Etmekdjian. JP - Mayor (2010-2012) - City of Ryde, New South Wales
Canada
[edit]- Sarkis Assadourian – Former Liberal MP 1993-2004.
- Harout Chitilian, Chairman of the City Council of Montreal
Cyprus
[edit]- Marios Garoyian - President of Cypriot Parliament
Egypt
[edit]- Nubar Pasha, the first Prime Minister of Egypt
France
[edit]- Édouard Balladur - Former Prime Minister of France
- Patrick Devedjian - French Minister
- Jean Pierre Asvazadourian - French Ambassador to Argentina
Lebanon
[edit]- Émile Lahoud - Former President of Lebanon
- Karim Pakradouni – Ex-Minister, former President of Phalange (Kataeb) Party
- Hagop Pakradounian – Member of Parliament
Mexico
[edit]- Arturo Sarukhán - Mexican ambassador to the US
New Zealand
[edit]- Sian Elias - Chief Justice of New Zealand
- Doug Zohrab- New Zealand's Ambassador to the UN, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria
Palestine
[edit]- Manuel Hassassian- Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom
Romania
[edit]- Varujan Vosganian-Finance minister of Romania
Russia
[edit]- Sergey Lavrov- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Margarita Simonyan- Editor-in-Chief of RT (Russia Today)
- Andranik Migranyan- former director of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, New York
- Gennadiy Melikyan- former First Deputy Chairman of Central Bank of Russia
- Sergey Grigorov- former Head of Federal Agency of Export Control
- Sergey Oganesyan- former Head of Federal Energy Agency
- Artur Chilingarov- deputy (1993-2011 and since 2016) and Deputy Chairman (2000–11) of State Duma and former member of Federation Council of Russia (2011–14)
- Vladimir Jabbarov- member of Federation Council of Russia
- Aleksandr Ter Avanesov- former member of Federation Council of Russia (2006-2015)
- Ohanes Oganyan- former deputy of State Duma (2011–16) and former member of Federation Council of Russia (2001–11)
- Levon Chakmakhcyan- former member of Federation Council of Russia
- Semyen Bagdasarov- former deputy of State Duma
- Ashot Yegiazaryan- former deputy of State Duma
- Arkadiy Sarkisyan- former deputy of State Duma
- Stepan Shorshorov- former deputy of State Duma
- Igor Khankoev- former deputy of State Duma
- Ashot Sarkisyan- former deputy of State Duma
Sweden
[edit]- Esabelle Dingizian - Member of Riksdag
- Murad Artin - Member of Riksdag
Turkey
[edit]- Garo Paylan - Member of Parliament of Turkey
Ukraine
[edit]- Karekin Arutyunov - Member People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, member of "Bat'kivshchina" party.
- Arsen Avakov- Interior minister of Ukraine
United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]Uruguay
[edit]- Liliam Kechichián, Minister of Tourism
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nubar Pasha". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 842–843.
- ^ Cook, Bernard A. (27 January 2014). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 9781135179328. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Emile Lahoud". Lebanon Today. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Sarkis Yedelian
