WASHINGTON, D.C. – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Board Member Raffi Hamparian will serve as the organization’s next national chairman, reported Asbarez Armenian daily newspaper of the US. 

Hamparian succeeds longtime ANCA leader Ken Hachikian, who will continue his tenure on the national board and expand his portfolio of community responsibilities.

Raffi Hamparian is a graduate of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where he also earned a Masters Degree in International Relations.

Hamparian has worked for a number of members of the US Congress, and he is a lifelong American Armenian political activist.