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.

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.

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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

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

politician / diplomat

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Palisades Charter High School

University

University of California, Berkeley

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

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

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.