- Vartan Oskanian, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères de l'Arménie - born in Aleppo, Syria, 1955 - B.S. in structural engineering, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, 1979 - M.S. in structural engineering, Tufts University, 1983 - M.A. in government studies, Harvard University, 1986 - M.A. from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, 1991 - founder of Armenian International Magazine, 1990 - employed with Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992 - minister of foreign affairs, 1998 to present - gave up U.S. citizenship to become minister, 1998 - fluent in Armenian, English, Arabic, working knowledge of French, Russian, Turkish
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