List of American politicians of Armenian descent

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Between 1962 and 1991, George Deukmejian served as a State Assemblyman, Senator, State Attorney General and Governor of California.

This article is the list of Armenian American politicians, officeholders and party chairpersons.

Bold indicates incumbent officeholders.

Note: persons are classified by chronological order

Federal government[]

Cabinet officials[]

Name Position Took office Left office President(s) Ref
Thomas Corwin Secretary of the Treasury July 23, 1850 March 6, 1853 Millard Fillmore [1]
Paul Ignatius Secretary of the Navy September 1, 1967 January 24, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson [2]
Robert Mardian Assistant Attorney General
for the Internal Security Division 		November 7, 1970 March 1972[3] Richard Nixon [4]

Executive Office of the President[]

Members of Congress[]

Name Party State Years Ref
Senate
Thomas Corwin Whig Ohio 1845–50
[1]
House of Representatives
Thomas Corwin Whig Ohio 1830–40
1859–61
[1]
Steven Derounian Republican New York 1953–65
[9][10]
Adam Benjamin Jr. Democrat Indiana 1977–82
[9]
Chip Pashayan Republican California 1979–91
[9][11]
Anna Eshoo Democrat California 1993–
[9][12]
John E. Sweeney Republican New York 1999–2007
[9][13]
Jackie Speier Democrat California 2008—
[9][14]
Anthony Brindisi Democrat New York 2019—21
[15][16]

Federal Judicial[]

Name Position Dates Ref
Dickran Tevrizian Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 1985–2005 [17]
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 2003–2018 [18][19]

State government[]

Governors[]

Name State Party Years Ref
Thomas Corwin Ohio Whig 1840–42
[1]
George Deukmejian California Republican 1983–91
[20]

Other state officials[]

Name Party Position Years Ref
George Deukmejian Republican California Attorney General 1979–83 [20]
Julia Tashjian Democratic Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1983–91 [21][9]
Brad Avakian Democratic Oregon Commissioner of Labor 2008—19 [22]
Rachel Kaprielian Democratic Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development 2014–15 [23]
Peter Koutoujian Democratic Middlesex County Sheriff, Massachusetts 2011— [24]

State Judicial[]

Name Position Years Ref
Steven Derounian Justice of the New York Supreme Court 1969–81 [9][10]
Robert Philibosian Los Angeles County District Attorney 1982-84 [25][26]
Armand Arabian Justice of the Supreme Court of California 1990–96 [9]
Marvin R. Baxter Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California 1991—2015 [9]
Michael Amerian Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court 2018- [27]
Armenui Ashvanian Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court 2018- [27][28]
Zaven V. Sinanian Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court 2002-
Kaye Tertzag Judge of Wayne County Circuit Court 1987-2004

Legislature[]

Municipal government[]

Mayors[]

Other[]

Ambassadors[]

Name Position Years President(s) Ref
Thomas Corwin United States Minister to Mexico 1861–64 Abraham Lincoln [1]
Edward Djerejian
United States Ambassador to Syria 1988–91 Ronald Reagan [55]
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs 1991–93 George H. W. Bush
United States Ambassador to Israel 1993–94 Bill Clinton
William A. Stanton
Chargé d’affaires to Embassy Canberra, Australia 2005–06 George W. Bush [56]
Director of the American Institute in Taiwan
Deputy Chief of Mission to Embassy Seoul, Korea 		2009–12 Barack Obama

Other political figures[]

See also[]

References[]

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