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    WALTHAM STATE REP. KOUTOUJIAN REPORTEDLY TO BE NAMED NEW MIDDLESEX SHERIFF
    By Ryan Grannan-Doll and Charlie Breitrose

    Arlington Patch
    http://arlington.patch.com/articles/waltham-state-rep-koutoujian-reportedly-to-be-named-new-middlesex-sheriff
    Jan 14 2011

    Governor Deval Patrick is expected to announce appointment this
    afternoon.

    State Representative Peter Koutoujian, D-Waltham, will be appointed as
    the new Middlesex County Sheriff later today, according to a source in
    the sheriff's office. The move was first reported by WCVB-TV. Governor
    Deval Patrick is expected to make the official announcement this
    afternoon at the Cambridge District Courthouse, located in Medford

    The move was first reported by WCVB-TV. Gov. Deval Patrick is expected
    to make the official announcement this afternoon at the Cambridge
    District Courthouse in Medford.

    Koutoujian, 49, will replace former Sheriff James DiPaola, who
    committed suicide in a Maine hotel room in November. Koutoujian
    currently occupies Middlesex County's 10th district seat.

    The governor's office did not immediately return calls to confirm
    Koutoujian's appointment.

    Voters re-elected Koutoujian to the Massachusetts House of
    Representatives for an eighth term in November. He represents the
    10th Middlesex District, which includes Waltham and parts of Watertown
    and Newton.

    Koutoukian earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Bridgewater
    State College, received law degree from the New England School of Law.

    He is a life-long Waltham resident, and lives in the city with his
    wife, Elizabeth Creda Koutoujian, and the couple's three children.

    Koutoukian is a vocal advocate for the Armenian-American community,
    and was the lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Commemoration. He
    spearheaded the effort to create the Armenian Heritage Park, which
    will be built in the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

    Outside of his political duties, Koutoujian works as an attorney and
    an adjunct professor of American government and political science at
    Bentley University.

    He also serves as the House Chairman of the Joint Committee on
    Financial Services, and is a graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of
    Government, where he earned a master's degree in public administration.




    From: A. Papazian
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