Peter Koutoujian
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Peter J. Koutoujian is an American politician who is the current Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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From 2001-2005 he was a member of Joint Committee on Health Care and was the chairman of the Committee from 2003-2005. From 2005-2009 he was the Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health. From 2009 until his departure from the House he was the Chair of Joint Committee on Financial Services.
Deval Patrick
to fill the term of Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola
, who had resigned and then committed suicide on November 26, 2010.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...
and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
A former Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Koutoujian was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1996.From 2001-2005 he was a member of Joint Committee on Health Care and was the chairman of the Committee from 2003-2005. From 2005-2009 he was the Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health. From 2009 until his departure from the House he was the Chair of Joint Committee on Financial Services.
Sheriff of Middlesex County
On January 14, 2011, Koutoujian was appointed by GovernorGovernor of Massachusetts
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:...
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick is the 71st and current Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as an Assistant United States Attorney General under President Bill Clinton...
to fill the term of Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola
James DiPaola
James Vincent DiPaola was county sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26, 2010, DiPaola committed suicide...
, who had resigned and then committed suicide on November 26, 2010.