Raffi Hovannisian

Raffi Hovannisian's story is the one that grabs me here. A Fresno-born, Berkeley-educated son of the Armenian diaspora who chose to go back and become the newly independent nation's first Foreign Minister. That kind of homecoming, building a state instead of just admiring it from afar, takes a conviction few people can muster. Founding the Heritage party and the country's first independent research center tells me he wanted to leave institutions and ideas behind, not just speeches. I see a genuine nation-builder caught between America and a small, fragile homeland, and that earns my quiet respect.

Name (English)

Raffi Hovannisian

Name (Japanese)

ラッフィ・ホヴァニスィアン

Reading

らっふぃ・ほゔぁにすぃあん

Born

November 20, 1959 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Fresno, California, United States

Occupation

politician / diplomat

High school

Palisades Charter High School

University

University of California, Berkeley

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3

Tags

• California
• politician
• diplomat

Last updated

2026-06-02

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