Zareh Sinanyan
Zareh Sinanyan | |
|---|---|
| High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia | |
| Assumed office June 14, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Position established (Mkhitar Hayrapetyan as Minister of Diaspora) |
| Member of the Glendale City Council | |
| In office April 2013 – April 2018 | |
| Mayor of Glendale, California | |
| In office April 2018 – April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Vartan Gharpetian |
| Succeeded by | Ara Najarian |
| In office April 2014 – April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Dave Weaver |
| Succeeded by | Ara Najarian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zareh John Sinanyan December 4, 1973 Yerevan, Soviet Union |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of Southern California |
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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.