List of foreign politicians of Armenian origin

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This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside Armenia who are of Armenian origin.

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Heads of state and heads of government

This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Armenian origin. This list does not include acting, interim, transitional, temporary or representative heads of state and government.

Heads of state and heads of governments of Armenian origin
S.No.NamePortraitCountryTitleTenureRef.
1 Nubar Pasha
Նուբար Փաշա
Nubar Pasha.jpg Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg Egypt Prime Minister of Egypt 1878–79,
1884–88,
1894–95
[1]
2 Édouard Balladur
Էդուար Բալլադյուր
Edouard Balladur - 1993 (cropped).jpg Flag of France.svg France Prime Minister of France 1993–95 [2]
3 Émile Lahoud
Էմիլ Լահուդ
Lahoud in Brasil 1 (cropped).jpg Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon President of Lebanon 1998–2007 [3]

Australia

Canada

Cyprus

Egypt

France

Minister of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty

Lebanon

Mexico

New Zealand

Palestine

Romania

Russia

Sweden

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Soviet Union

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References

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