Raffi Gregorian is an American

United States

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 diplomat

Diplomat

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. Gregorian is the current Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District

Brcko District

Brčko District in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina is a neutral, self-governing administrative unit, under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 Supervisor in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. Prior to his appointment as the deputy High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, Gregorian held other diplomatic posts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Early life and career

Gregorian was born in 1964 in Redwood City, California

California

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 to Vartan Gregorian

Vartan Gregorian

Vartan Gregorian is an Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is an ethnic Armenian, born in Iran....

 and his wife Clare. At the time Vartan Gregorian was a graduate student at Stanford University

Stanford University

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 who lectured at the Presidio of San Francisco

Presidio of San Francisco

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. Raffi was the second of their three sons.

Gregorian earned his Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 in 1986. He followed up his education with an M.A. in War Studies from King’s College

King's College London

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, University of London

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 in 1989 and PhD in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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, School of Advanced International Studies in 1998. Gregorian joined the State Department in 1999. Prior to joining the State department, Gregorian worked for the Department of Defense

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.

Personal

In 1990 Gregorian married Bernadette Dawson in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. The couple divorced in 2006. In 2007 Gregorian married for a second time in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

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. His current wife is Olga Palinkašev, a native of Bosnia and Herzegovina.