Zareh Sinanyan

Zareh Sinanyan
High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 14, 2019
Preceded byPosition established (Mkhitar Hayrapetyan as Minister of Diaspora)[1]
Member of the Glendale City Council
In office
April 2013 – April 2018
Mayor of Glendale, California
In office
April 2018 – April 2019[2]
Preceded byVartan Gharpetian[2]
Succeeded byAra Najarian[2]
In office
April 2014 – April 2015
Preceded byDave Weaver
Succeeded byAra Najarian
Personal details
Born
Zareh John Sinanyan[3]

(1973-12-04) December 4, 1973 (age 50)[4]
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union[4]
NationalityArmenian-American
Children4
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California

Zareh John Sinanyan (Armenian: Զարեհ Սինանյան, born December 4, 1973) is an Armenian-American politician currently serving as the High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia. He is a former member of the city council of Glendale, California and twice served as the city's mayor. As a city councilman, he held posts in various commissions, including Parks, Recreation and Community Service, and the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee.

On June 14, 2019 Sinanyan was appointed High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia (a position created to replace the abolished post of Minister of Diaspora) by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.[5]

  1. ^ Zareh Sinanyan Appointed High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs
  2. ^ a b c Mayoral Portraits
  3. ^ "Zareh John Sinanyan # 217103 - Attorney Licensee Search".
  4. ^ a b Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia
  5. ^ "Zareh Sinanyan Appointed High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs". Asbarez. 14 June 2019.