List of politicians of Armenian descent

Country

Australia

• Joe Hockey (Family Name "Hokeidonian") - Member of Federal Parliament Shadow Treasurer
• Gladys Berejiklian- Member of Parliament, Shadow Minister for Transport, Shadow Minister for Citizenship.^[1]
• Clr Sarkis Yedelian- Deputy Mayor of Ryde, New South Wales.^[2]
• Clr. Artin Etmekdjian. JP - Mayor (2010-2012) - City of Ryde, New South Wales

Canada

• Sarkis Assadourian – Former Liberal MP 1993-2004.
• Harout Chitilian, Chairman of the City Council of Montreal

Cyprus

• Marios Garoyian - President of Cypriot Parliament

Egypt

• Nubar Pasha, the first Prime Minister of Egypt

France

• Édouard Balladur - Former Prime Minister of France
• Patrick Devedjian - French Minister
• Jean Pierre Asvazadourian - French Ambassador to Argentina

Lebanon

• Émile Lahoud - Former President of Lebanon
• Karim Pakradouni – Ex-Minister, former President of Phalange (Kataeb) Party
• Hagop Pakradounian – Member of Parliament

Mexico

• Arturo Sarukhán - Mexican ambassador to the US

New Zealand

• Sian Elias - Chief Justice of New Zealand
• Doug Zohrab- New Zealand's Ambassador to the UN, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

Romania

• Varujan Vosganian-Finance minister of Romania

Russia

• Sergey Lavrov- Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Margarita Simonyan- Editor-in-Chief of RT
• 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

Palestinian National Authority

• Manuel Hassassian- Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom

Sweden

• Esabelle Dingizian - Member of Riksdag
• Murad Artin - Member of Riksdag

Ukraine

• 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 States

• Amy Shuklian, Mayor of Visalia, California
• Katcho Achadjian, California assemblyman
• Greg Aghazarian, California assemblyman
• Armand Arabian, former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
• Brad Avakian, Oregon politician; Current Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries; Former State Senator and Secretary of State candidate
• Gary Azarian, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• King Banaian, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Marvin Baxter, Associate Justice on the California Supreme Court
• Adam Benjamin, Jr., Democratic Congressman from Indiana
• James Bozajian, former mayor of Calabasas, California, member of the Calabasas City Council
• Albert A. Boyajian, business leader and activist for Armenian causes
• Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, United States federal judge
• George Deukmejian, Republican politician, the thirty-fifth Governor of California (1983–1991), and a former California Attorney General (1979–1983).
• Edward Djerejian, former U.S. diplomat
• Steven Boghos Derounian, former Congressman from New York
• Anna Eshoo, Democratic Congresswoman (Armenian mother)
• John Harabedian, mayor of Sierra Madre, California
• Chuck Haytaian, former speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly
• Paul Robert Ignatius, Secretary of the Navy during the Johnson Administration
• Howard Kaloogian, Republican politician
• George Keverian, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Peter Koutoujian, Sheriff of Middlesex County
• Paul Krekorian, California State Assemblyman
• Mark Krikorian, activist for stricter immigration laws
• Robert Mardian, a former Republican Party official and Associate US Attorney General
• Samuel Mardian, former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona
• Adrin Nazarian, California assemblyman
• Bill Paparian, Mayor of Pasadena
• Charles Pashayan, Republican Congressman from Fresno, California
• Charles Poochigian, Republican politician
• Rousas John Rushdoony, credited as the father of both Christian Reconstructionism and the modern homeschool movement
• Jackie Speier, Democratic Congresswoman
• Joe Simitian, California State Senator
• Charlene Takesian, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Julia Tashjian, former Secretary of State of Connecticut
• Dickran Tevrizian, former United States federal judge
• Harry Tutunjian, mayor of Troy, New York
• Larry Zarian, former mayor of Glendale, California

Uruguay

• Liliam Kechichián, Minister of Tourism

See also

• List of Armenians

References

• Armenian politics