List of foreign politicians of Armenian origin
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.
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Austria
[edit]- Dawid Abrahamowicz - Member of the Imperial Council of Austria
Australia
[edit]- Joe Hockey (Family Name "Hokeidonian") - Member of Federal Parliament Shadow Treasurer
- Gladys Berejiklian- Member of Parliament, Premier of NSW[15]
- Clr Sarkis Yedelian- Deputy Mayor of Ryde, New South Wales.[16]
- Clr. Artin Etmekdjian. JP - Mayor (2010-2012) - City of Ryde, New South Wales
Bulgaria
[edit]Byzantine
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Andre Arthur – former Independent Conservative MP, 2006–2011, talk radio host
- Sarkis Assadourian – former Liberal MP, 1993–2004
- Ann Cavoukian – former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
- Harout Chitilian – city councilor and chairman of the City Council of Montreal
- Raymond Setlakwe – entrepreneur, politician, lawyer
- Michelle Setlakwe – politician, lawyer
Cyprus
[edit]- Marios Garoyian - President of Cypriot Parliament
Egypt
[edit]- Boghos Nubar, son of Nubar Pasha, politician and co-founder of the Armenian General Benevolent Union
- Nubar Pasha, the first Prime Minister of Egypt
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah, vizier of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt
- Boghos Bey Yusufian, Egypt's Minister of Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and secretary of Muhammad Ali Pasha
- Badr al-Jamali, was a military commander and statesman for the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph al-Mustansir
- Tigrane Pasha, ninth Foreign Minister of Egypt
France
[edit]- Édouard Balladur - Former Prime Minister of France
- Patrick Devedjian - French Minister
- Emmanuel Macron - President of France
- Jean Pierre Asvazadourian - French Ambassador to Argentina
- Guillaume Kasbarian - Minister of Civil Service, Streamlining, and Public Sector Transformation
- Antoine Armand - Minister of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
- Jacques Marilossian - Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency
- Jeanne Barseghian - Mayor of Strasbourg
- Danièle Cazarian - French politician of La République En Marche! served as a member of the French National Assembly
- Astrid Panosyan - Minister of Labor and Employment
- Nadia Essayan - Member of the National Assembly for Cher's 2nd constituency
- Georges Képénékian - Mayor of Lyon
Hungary
[edit]- László Lukács - Prime Minister of Hungary
- György Lukács - Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
India
[edit]- Mirza Zulqarnain - diwan and faujdar of Mughal Empire
- Abdul Hai - Cheif justice of Mughal Empire
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
Moldova
[edit]- Mark Tkachuk - Member of the Moldovan Parliament
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]- Vasile Morțun - President of the Assembly of Deputies, Minister of Internal Affairs
- Basile M. Missir - President of the Senate of Romania
- Varujan Vosganian - Finance minister of Romania
Russia
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- Ivan Delyanov - Chamberlain, of Russian Empire
- Sergey Lavrov - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Mikhail Loris-Melikov - Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire
- 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
Turkmenistan
[edit]Turkey
[edit]Ottoman Empire
[edit]- Şivekar Sultan - Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Artin Dadyan Pasha - Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Hagop Kazazian - Minister of Finance
- Garabet Artin Davoudian - First Mutasarrif of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
- Ohannes Kouyoumdjian - Mutasarrif of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
- Gabriel Noradoungian - Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Vartkes Serengülian - Member of Ottoman Parliament
- Mikael Portukal Pasha - Pasha
- Vartan Pasha - Pasha
- Damat Halil Pasha - Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- Ermeni Süleyman Pasha - Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Turkish Republic
[edit]- Garo Paylan - Member of Parliament of Turkey
- Selina Özuzun Doğan - Member of Parliament of Turkey
- Markar Esayan - 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
- Oksana Markarova - Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
United Kingdom
[edit]- Alexander Raphael - Member of Parliament for St Albans and Carlow
- Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (2007-2009)
United States
[edit]Uruguay
[edit]- Liliam Kechichián, Minister of Tourism
Soviet Union
[edit]- Varlam Avanesov
- Abel Aganbegyan
- Stepan Akopov
- Alexander Bekzadyan
- Avetik Burnazyan
- Artur Chilingarov
- Yakov Davydov
- Leonid Kostandov
- Vsevolod Merkulov
- Anastas Mikoyan
- Levon Mirzoyan
- Alexander Miasnikian
- Ruben Rubenov
- Andranik Petrosyants
- Suren Shadunts
- Stepan Shaumian
- Georgy Shakhnazarov
- Lev Karakhan
- Hayk Kotanjian
- Ivan Tevosian
- Yuri Osipyan
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Rayfield, Donald (2013-02-15). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. Reaktion Books. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9781780230702.
- ^ Edgington 2019, p. 46.
- ^ McLennan 1997, p. 29.
- ^ Runciman 1952, p. 295.
- ^ Freely, J. (1998). Istanbul: The Imperial City. Storbritannien: Penguin Books Limited.
- ^ Spiteri, Stephen C. (2013). "In Defence of the Coast (I) - The Bastioned Towers". Arx - International Journal of Military Architecture and Fortification (3): 42–43. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Zuhuri Danışman, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Tarihi, IX, Yeni Matbaa, p. 239
- ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 40. (Turkish)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mikoyan 1999, p. 522.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Зураб Жвания: «Моя мать по национальности армянка, и я всегда буду с гордостью говорить об этом»". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ "Emile Lahoud". Lebanon Today. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Ms Gladys BEREJIKLIAN, BA, DIntS, MCom MP - NSW Parliament Archived 2015-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sarkis Yedelian
