Raffi Hovannisian

Raffi Hovannisian

Raffi Hovannisian (born November 20Fact|date=November 2007, 1959 in Fresno, California, United States) is an Armenian politician and former Foreign Minister of Armenia. He is the leader of the pro-WesternFact|date=February 2008 opposition Heritage party. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, he is married and has five children. [ [http://www.heritage.am/documents/biography.htm Official biography] ]

Raffi Hovannisian has spearheaded the campaign to get Armenia to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. On August 28, 2007, he introduced to the parliament a bill on a formal recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. [ [http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=2450&CID=2440&IID=&lng=eng Heritage Party bill forces debate on NKR question] ]

He is the son of Richard Hovannisian, emeritus professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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