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Raffi Hovannisian

1959 - Today

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Raffi K. Richardi Hovannisian (Armenian: Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Հովհաննիսյան; Western Armenian: Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Յովհաննէսեան; born 20 November 1959) is an Armenian politician, the first Foreign Minister of Armenia and the founding leader of the national liberal Heritage party. He is the founder of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies, the country's first independent research center. Hovannisian, a descendant of Armenian genocide survivors, was born in Fresno, California to a family of professors. He moved to Armenia with his family in 1990 and was appointed as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the newly independent Armenia by then-President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Raffi Hovannisian is the 18,273rd most popular politician (down from 17,521st in 2024), the 14,490th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,555th in 2019) and the 1,127th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raffi Hovannisian ranks 18,273 out of 19,576. Before him are Maryon Pittman Allen, Kristin Halvorsen, Freddie Pitcher, Samuel Bodman, Dolores Delgado, and Monica Macovei. After him are Knut Tore Apeland, Jiang Yi-huah, Yannick Jadot, Dale Bumpers, Jim Jeffords, and John H. Sununu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Raffi Hovannisian ranks 668. Before him are Paul Kaba Thieba, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Gregory Kaidanov, Tor Endresen, Hagen Melzer, and Monica Macovei. After him are Hajime Ishii, Dagmar Lurz, Mick McCarthy, Randy Travis, Chris Hansen, and Pamela Fryman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raffi Hovannisian ranks 14,494 out of 20,380. Before him are Sasha Cohen (1984), Steve Young (1961), Samuel Bodman (1938), Greg Oden (1988), Mauricio Ochmann (1977), and Helen Twelvetrees (1908). After him are Allan Jones (1907), William G. Gregory (1957), Siedah Garrett (1960), Kathleen Kinmont (1965), Sonequa Martin-Green (1985), and Marge Piercy (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Raffi Hovannisian ranks 1,127. Before him are Johnny Kerr (1932), Richard M. Daley (1942), Arthur P. Bagby (1794), Sheila Jackson Lee (1950), Maryon Pittman Allen (1925), and Samuel Bodman (1938). After him are Dale Bumpers (1925), Jim Jeffords (1934), Ed Rendell (1944), Henry A. Wise (1806), Ned Lamont (1954), and Payne Stewart (1957).

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