Politics

Abel Aganbegyan – (born 1932) senior economic advisor for Russia under Gorbachev.

Adam Benjamin – (1935-1982) American congressman.

Alexander Raphael – first Armenian member of British Parliament; Sheriff of London.

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan – (1895-1978) Soviet politician and statesman.

Andranik Margaryan – (born 1951) prime minister, Armenia.

Andre Arthur – (born 1943) Canadian radio host and politician.

Anna Eshoo – (born 1942) congresswoman.

Karen Demirchyan – (1932-1999) politician.

Arkadi Ghukasyan – (born 1957) president, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Armen Ayvazyan – (born 1964) Political Scientist and Historian, Director of Ararat Center for Strategic Research

Armen Movsisyan Energy Minister, Armenia

Armen Sargsyan – (born 1953) prime minister, Armenia (1996-1997).

Arthur Chilingarov – (born 1939) scientist, Hero of the Soviet Union, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma.

Bardas Mamikonian – Caesar and regent of the Late Roman (Byzantine) Empire (856-866).

Basil I the Macedonian – (811-886) Late Roman (Byzantine) emperor (867-886), (considered himself an Armenian Arsacide).

Basil II the Macedonian – (958-1025) Late Roman (Byzantine) emperor of Armenian Dynasty (975-1025). One of the greatest emperors of the Byzantine Empire. He was part Greek and part Armenian. His great-grandfather was a full-blooded Armenian named Emperor Romanus I.

Benon Sevan – (born 1937) UN official.

Brad Avakian – (born 1961) Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.

Bob Avakian – (born 1943) chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.

Charles Pashayan – (born 1941) Congressman from Fresno area.

Charles Poochigian – (born 1949) California State Senator.

David Bohigian – Assistant Secretary of Commerce

Edouard Balladur – (born 1929) French politician, Prime Minister (1993-1995).

Emile Lahoud – (born 1936) President of Lebanon.

Ferenc Szalasi – (1897-1946) part Armenian (name was Salasyan); leader of Hungary, World War II.

Frank V. Zerunyan – Medical Board of California.

George Deukmejian – (born 1928) former governor of California.

Georgy Shakhnazarov – (1924-2001) Soviet politician.

Gladys Berejiklian – Australian MP.

Armen Harutyunyan – ombudsman of RA since 2006.

Heraclius the Elder– Exarch of Africa Province in the Late Roman Empire, late 6th, early 7th centuries, father of Emperor Heraclius.

Heraclius – (575-641) Late Roman (Byzantine) Emperor (610-641).

Howard Kaloogian – (born 1951) California State Assemblyman from 1994-2000.

Ivan Agayants– (1911-1968) Soviet Intelligence General of Armenian origin.

Jackie Speier – American Democratic politician.

Joe Hockey– Australian Minister of Employment and Workplace Relations.

Joe Simitian – Senator in California.

Karim Pakradouni – (born 1944) Lebanese politician.

Ken Khachigian – former chief speechwriter and White House adviser.

Larry Zarian – (born 1937) Mayor, Glendale, California.

Leo V the Armenian – (775-820) Late Roman (Byzantine) emperor (813-820).

Levon Ter-Petrossian – former president, Armenia (1991-1998).

Lois Tarkanian – councilwoman.

Mark Krikorian – political scientist and executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies

Manuc Bei – (1769-1817) Romanian diplomat and merchant

Melisende of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem

Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov – Russian general and statesman.

Miklos Horthy – (1868-1957) part Armenian (Mikhail Nalbandian) the Regent of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout most of World War II

Missak Manouchian – French Resistance hero World War II.

Nubar Pasha – Egyptian statesman.

Patrick Devedjian – French politician and minister.

Philippicus Vartanes, Eastern Roman emperor (711–713).

Rachel Kaprielian – Massachusetts State representative.

Raymond Setlakwe – Canadian politician.

Richard Dekmejian – political science professor; Middle East expert.

Robert Kocharyan – former president, Armenia (1998-2008).

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan – United States federal judge for the Northern District of Illinois

Sarkis Assadourian – Canadian politician, member of Parliament.

Sergei Martynov – foreign minister of Belarus, ethnic Belarusian born in Armenia.

Sergey Lavrov – (born 1950) foreign minister of Russia, Armenian father.

Stepan Shaumyan, Stepan Geworgi Shahumian; – politician; revolutionary.

Sian Elias – judge.

Tigranes the Great – King, Armenia (95-56 BC); allied with Mithridates Pontus; warred against Romans under Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Lucius Licinius Lucullus.

Vardan Ayvazyan Ecology Minister, Armenia

Varujan Vosganian – (born 1958) Romania's Minister of Economy and Commerce

irgil Madgearu – (1887-1940) Romanian politician and economist

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