# List of American politicians of Armenian descent

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) |
| Thomas Corwin | Secretary of the Treasury | 23 July 1850 | 6 March 1853 | Millard Fillmore |
| Paul Ignatius | Secretary of the Navy | 1 September 1967 | 24 January 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Robert Mardian | Assistant Attorney General for the Internal Security Division | 7 November 1970 | March 1972 | Richard Nixon |
| Harry R. Kamian | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources | 7 September 2021 | 30 June 2023 | Joe Biden |
| Jeff Marootian | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | September 2022 | | Joe Biden |

### Executive Office of the President

* Ken Khachigian, White House Director of Speechwriting, Reagan Administration
* Aram Bakshian, White House Director of Speechwriting, Reagan Administration (1981–83)
* Ike Hajinazarian, White House Regional Communications Director, Biden Administration (2021)
* Jeff Marootian, Special Assistant to the President for Climate and Science Agency Personnel, Biden Administration (2021–22)
* Jirair Ratevosian, Acting Chief of Staff of John N. Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy in 2022–23

### Members of Congress

| Name | Party | State | Years |
| Senate ||||||
| Thomas Corwin | Whig | Ohio | 1845–50 |
| House of Representatives ||||||
| Thomas Corwin | Whig | Ohio | 1830–40 1859–61 |
| Steven Derounian | Republican | New York | 1953–65 |
| Adam Benjamin Jr. | Democratic | Indiana | 1977–82 |
| Chip Pashayan | Republican | California | 1979–91 |
| Anna Eshoo | Democratic | California | 1993– |
| John E. Sweeney | Republican | New York | 1999–2007 |
| Jackie Speier | Democratic | California | 2008–23 |
| Anthony Brindisi | Democratic | New York | 2019–21 |

### Federal Judicial

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

## State government
### Governors

| Name | State | Party | Party | Years | Ref |
| Thomas Corwin | Ohio | | Whig | 1840–42 | |
| George Deukmejian | California | | Republican | 1983–91 | |

### Other state officials

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

### State Judicial

| Name | Position | Years |
| Steven Derounian | Justice of the New York Supreme Court | 1969–81 |
| Robert Philibosian | Los Angeles County District Attorney | 1982–84 |
| Armand Arabian | Justice of the Supreme Court of California | 1990–96 |
| Marvin R. Baxter | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California | 1991–2015 |
| Michael Amerian | Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court | 2018– |
| Armenui Ashvanian | Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court | 2018– |
| 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

| Name | City | Years |
| Robert Sabonjian | Waukegan, Illinois | 1957–77 1985–89 |
| Bozant Katzakian | Lodi, California | 1958–59 1962–64 |
| Sam Mardian | Phoenix, Arizona | 1960–64 |
| Peter Torigian | Peabody, Massachusetts | 1978–2001 |
| Ted Katzakian | Lodi, California | 1979–80 |
| Haig Paravonian | Waukegan, Illinois | 1989–93 |
| John Antaramian | Kenosha, Wisconsin | 1992–2008 2016–2024 |
| Bill Paparian | Pasadena, California | 1995–97 |
| Scott Avedisian | Warwick, Rhode Island | 2000–18 |
| Harry Tutunjian | Troy, New York | 2004–12 |
| Phil Katzakian | Lodi, California | 2009–10 2013–14 |
| Amy Shuklian | Visalia, California | 2011–13 |
| Marina Khubesrian | South Pasadena, California | 2013–14 2018–19 |
| Jack Hadjinian | Montebello, California | 2014–15 |
| Name | Years |
| Larry Zarian | 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 |
| Rafi Manoukian | 2002–03 2005–06 |
| Bob Yousefian | 2004–05 |
| Ara Najarian | 2007–08 2010–11 2015–16 2019–20 |
| Zareh Sinanyan | 2014–15 2018–19 |
| Vartan Gharpetian | 2017–18 |
| Vrej Agajanian | 2020–21 |
| Ardy Kassakhian | 2022–23 |
| Elen Asatryan | 2024-25 |

### Other

* Paul Krekorian, Los Angeles City Council (2010—)
* Nina Hachigian, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for Los Angeles (2017–2022)

## Foreign service
### Ambassadors

| Name | Position | Years | President(s) |
| Thomas Corwin | Minister to Mexico | 1861–64 | Abraham Lincoln |
| Edward Djerejian |
| Edward Djerejian | Ambassador to Syria | 1988–91 | Ronald Reagan |
| Edward Djerejian | Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs | 1991–93 | George H. W. Bush |
| Edward Djerejian | Ambassador to Israel | 1993–94 | Bill Clinton |
| William A. Stanton | | | |
| William A. Stanton | Chargé d’affaires to Embassy Canberra, Australia | 2005–06 | George W. Bush |
| William A. Stanton | Director of the American Institute in Taiwan Deputy Chief of Mission to Embassy Seoul, Korea | 2009–12 | Barack Obama |
| Nina Hachigian |
| Nina Hachigian | Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | 2014–17 | Barack Obama |
| Nina Hachigian | Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy | 2022– | Joe Biden |
| Harry R. Kamian | Deputy Chief of Mission/Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.S. Mission to the OSCE | 2017–2020 | Joe Biden |
| Michael E. Kavoukjian | United States ambassador to Norway | 2025– | Donald Trump |

### Others
#### United States Foreign Service

* Leon Dominian, consul in Rome (1921), consul-general in Stuttgart (1930), first secretary of the U.S. legation at Montevideo, Uruguay
* Edward Alexander, deputy director for the Soviet Union and East Europe

## Other political figures

* Barry Zorthian, diplomat and press spokesman during the Vietnam War
* Edward N. Costikyan, New York-based political personality
* Danny Tarkanian, Nevada-based politician and candidate
* Jeff Kurzon, New York City attorney and politician
* Terry Phillips, non-partisan candidate for California's 23rd congressional district in 2012
* Scott Ashjian
* David Krikorian
* Paul Paul
* Simon Marootian
* Ralph Moradian
* Haiganush R. Bedrosian
* Robert Hagopian, Saugus, Massachusetts Town 1974
* Jirair Ratevosian, candidate, acting chief of staff to the United States Global AIDS Coordinator (2022–23)