Hovannisian , a descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors , was born in Fresno , California to a family of professors . He moved to Armenia with his family in 1990 and was appointed as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the newly independent Republic of Armenia by then-President Levon Ter-Petrosyan . In 2002 , Hovannisian founded the Heritage party , which won 6 % of the popular vote in the 2007 parliamentary election
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Raffi Hovannisian