Diplomat, Professor at Fletcher School Ruben Shougaryan passed away
Ruben Shougaryan, Professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy passed away on Monday. “It is with great sorrow that we announce that our loving father and husband, Ambassador Rouben Shougaryan, PhD, passed away peacefully this morning in Boston, Massachusetts after suffering a stroke last week.,” the son of Shougaryan Narek wrote on his Facebook page.
Shougaryan held the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia and served as Armenia’s first Ambassador to the United States (1993-1999), deputy foreign minister of Armenia (1999-2006), Ambassador of Armenia in Italy (2005-2008).