Iranian of the Day

PAAIA: The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) recently had the opportunity to sit down with Mayor Nader Baroukh to discuss his candidacy for a second term on the Falls Church City Council. The City of Falls Church is governed by a seven member city council, each elected at large for four year, staggered terms.  The Mayor is elected by the vote of the members of the council.  First elected to the City Council in 2008, Baroukh has served as the Mayor of Falls Church since 2010.  He serves on the Council’s School Board/Council Liaison Group, the Economic Development Committee, and was the liaison to the Watershed Advisory Committee.  Baroukh also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Council of Government and has served on the  Northern Virginia Regional Commission (alternate).  Baroukh, who speaks Farsi fluently, immigrated to the United States from Iran as a child with his family and grew up in Los Angeles, California.  He received his B.A. in Psychology and Legal Studies from Chapman University in Orange, California.  Baroukh earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia, School of Law >>>

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