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Raffi Hovannisian was born on 20 November, 1959 in Fresno, California, U.S., is an Armenian politician. Discover Raffi Hovannisian's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Born 20 November 1959
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1959

Raffi K. Richardi Hovannisian (Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Հովհաննիսյան; ; 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.

Hovannisian, a descendant of Armenian genocide survivors, was born in Fresno, California to a family of professors.

Raffi Hovannisian was born in Fresno, California, on 20 November 1959, to Richard Hovannisian and Vartiter Hovannisian (née Kotcholosian), both children of Armenian genocide survivors.

1977

Raffi Hovannisian attended the Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles, from where he graduated in 1977.

In his youth years Hovannisian was a member and later a leader of the California chapter of the Armenian Youth Federation, which is the youth organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

Hovannisian is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (1977–78) from the Department of Political Science.

1979

In 1979–80, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Armenian History.

1981

Hovannisian worked in the Tufts University as a lecturer of Armenian History from 1981–82.

1982

In 1982, Hovanissian graduated from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of the Tufts University with an M.A. in international law and diplomacy.

1985

In 1985, he received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

From 1985 to 1989, he worked as an International Lawyer and Civil Litigator in the firms of Hill, Farrer and Burrill, Whitman & Ransom, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, and Coudert Brothers.

1988

In October 1988, Hovannisian wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times supporting the Karabakh movement.

He was in Soviet Armenia in December 1988, when an earthquake shook northwestern parts of the country.

1990

He moved to Armenia with his family in 1990 and was appointed as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the newly independent Armenia by then-President Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

In February 1990, he settled in a one-bedroom apartment off Azizbekov Square (now Sakharov Square) in capital Yerevan.

Hovannisian was the Yerevan office director of the Armenian Assembly of America.

His family moved to Yerevan in fall 1990.

1991

On 7 November 1991 Raffi Hovannisian was appointed as the first Foreign Minister of Armenia.

1992

On March 2, 1992 as the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Hovannisian raised the Armenian tricolor at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

He served in that position until October 16, 1992, when he was forced to resign, because he and President Levon Ter-Petrosyan took two very different approaches to Armenian national issues.

In September 1992 the Los Angeles Times wrote "Hovannisian's citizenship makes little difference to his fans, however. A recent poll in the Armenian newspaper Epokha found that he enjoyed a mind-boggling 96% approval rating, more than President Ter-Petrosyan. Even among the long faces of a Yerevan bread line, people turned thumbs up when asked about him."

However, Hovannisian was later dismissed in 1992 from his position as Foreign Minister due to his disagreements with Ter-Petrosyan on the issue of relations with Turkey.

Specifically, he was critical of Ter-Petrosyan for his urgent desire for normalization of relations with Turkey without stressing the issue of the Armenian Genocide.

The final straw occurred when Hovannisian chose to bring up the issue while in Istanbul in late 1992 on a state visit.

2001

Hovannisian gave up his United States citizenship on 23 April 2001 to be eligible to become an Armenian citizen.

2002

In 2002, Hovannisian founded the Heritage party, which won 6% of the popular vote in the 2007 parliamentary election.

2003

On January 9, 2003, the Armenian court rejected Hovannisian's claims on certifying that he has been an Armenian citizen for the past 10 years, which is a requirement in running for president.

Thus, he was effectively put out of his way in participating in 2003 presidential election.

2007

The Heritage party was the only opposition party to pass the 5% threshold during the 2007 parliamentary election.

According to official results, Hovannisian's party earned over 81,000 votes or 6% of the total vote guaranteeing 7 seats at the Armenian National Assembly.

However, according to Azg daily's online poll, Heritage had the highest rating in the public with around 25% support.

Two months after the election, in July 2007 the approval rating of Raffi Hovannisian was 82% in a US-funded poll.

Hovannisian has spearheaded the campaign to get Armenia to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

2013

In 2013, Hovannisian was one of the seven candidates at the presidential election and came in second with 37% vote.

He claimed victory due to alleged electoral fraud.

In days following the election, protests took place both in Yerevan (Freedom Square in particular) and other cities and towns throughout Armenia.

Hovannisian urged Sargsyan to accept "people's victory" and concede his defeat.

Hovannisian called the movement 'Barevolution', a portmanteau of 'barev' (բարև, 'hello') and 'revolution', referring to his habit of walking up to people and greeting them during the election campaign.

The protests gradually faded by April of that year.