Boris Abadzhyan is an American Politician, Political Scientist, Foreign Policy Specialist and Human Rights Activist. His expertise includes: U.S. Foreign Policy, South Caucasus Region, Eastern Europe and Western Europe, North America and South America, Central Asia, North Africa and Middle East. Mr. Abadzhyan was born in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia on March 20, 1987 and emigrated to Saint Louis, Missouri on November 1,1994.

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Current Political Position Held:

• Secretary of Ferguson Township Open Democratic Club in the City of Ferguson, Missouri from February 25, 2021 to present.

 

Political Experience:

• Politician/Political Candidate, Missouri State House of Representatives, District 99, 2022 and 2024.

• Politician/Political Candidate, Missouri State House of Representatives, District 71, 2018 and 2020.

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Education:

• Master of Arts in International Relations from Webster University in 2013.

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Emphasis in Public Law from Webster University in 2012.

• Associate of Applied Science in Travel and Tourism from St. Louis Community College Forest Park in 2010.

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Fluency in Languages:

• English

• Armenian

• Russian

 

Awards:

• Webster University: May 2012:
  Certificate of Senior Overview from the Department of History, Political Science and International Relations.

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Academic Publications:

Webster University: May 2012: Righting Wrongs: A Journal of Human Rights:

• A book review of "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility."