Famous People with Name Sarkis

Sarkis Balyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Sarkis Balyan: the second son of Garabet Balyan. In 1843, he followed his elder brother Nigogayos to Paris. He had to return already 1845 to Istanbul due to his brother’s illness. In 1847, Sarkis went again to Paris to attend Collège Sainte-Barbe de Paris, which he fini

Sarkis Assadourian            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Sarkis Assadourian: is an Armenian-Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He became the first Armenian-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons, with great support of the Armenian community of Toronto.

Sarkis Hovhannesi Kasyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Sarkis Hovhannesi Kasyan: was a Soviet Armenian statesman, politician and journalist.Kasyan graduated from Leipzig commercial institute and Berlin University in 1904. PhD on commercial and philosophical sciences. He was a Communist party member from 1905. One of the founders of Armenian bolshevik press in 1905, the leader of Tbilisi communist party organization in 1912-14. In 1919-20 - chairman of Russian Communist (Bolshevik) party Armenian committee.

Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo: an Iraqi Assyrian politician who was appointed Minister for Finance and Economy in the cabinet of Iraqi Kurdistan on 2006-05-07. He is considered to be a controversial figure within the Assyrian community for wanting the Nineveh plains being annexed by the Iraqi Kurdistan government.He was born in Diyana, Arbil Governorate, and is part of the Nochiya Tribe. He was elected into the Kurdistan National Assembly in the first Iraqi Kurdistan election in 1992. In the previous cabinet, Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo was the Minister for Finance and the Economy from 1999 to 2006, and Deputy Prime Minister from 2004 to 2006 in the Arbil & Dohuk administration.

Joseph (Joe) Sarkis            Origin/Culture/Country: Lebanese

Joseph (Joe) Sarkis: is a Lebanese politician and Minister of Tourism since July 19, 2005 in the Fouad Siniora Government.He is a prominent member of the Lebanese Forces. From 1988 to 1994, he was member of the Kataeb Political Bureau. He distanced himself from that party aft