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 . 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
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Raffi Hovannisian