What is Katcho Achadjian?
[[File:Katcho Achadjian.jpg|thumb|200px|Katcho Achadjian]] [[File:Katcho Achadjian 2009.jpg|thumb|California Assembly member Katcho Achadjian in 2009]] '''Katcho Achadjian''' (June 2, 1951 – March 5, 2020) was an [[Armenia]]n-[[Americans|American]] businessman and politician. He was a [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]]. He served as a member of the [[California State Assembly]] from 2010 to 2016. He was also a member of the [[San Luis Obispo County, California|San Luis Obispo County]] [[board of supervisors]] from 1998 to 2010. In 2016, he ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the [[California's 24th congressional district|24th district]] but was defeated in the [[primary election]]. Achadjian was born in Jalala, [[Lebanon]]. His parents were [[Armenia]]n. He moved to the United States in 1971. He became a U.S. citizen in 1982. Achadjian died on March 5, 2020 in [[San Luis Obispo, California]], at the age of 68.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article240947186.html|title='An American success story': Central Coast mourns assemblyman, supervisor Katcho Achadjian|author=Leslie, Kaytlyn|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020|work=San Luis Obispo Tribune}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Achadjian, Katcho}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople from California]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:People from San Luis Obispo, California]] [[Category:Politicians from California]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]]