Andrea Parhamovich

{{Infobox person

| name = Andrea Parhamovich

| image = File:AndreaParhamovich.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1978|06|16}}

| birth_place = Perry, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|01|17|1978|06|16}}

| death_place = Baghdad, Iraq

}}

Andrea Suzanne Parhamovich (June 16, 1978 – January 17, 2007) was an American National Democratic Institute employee killed in Baghdad, Iraq, when her convoy was ambushed as she was returning from teaching a class on democracy.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html |title=Ambush Kills an American Teaching Democracy to Iraqis |last=Cave |first=Damien |date=January 19, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2008-12-17}}

Career

Parhamovich was born in Perry, Ohio, and graduated from Marietta College. She pursued a career in political communication with the office of the governor of Massachusetts and the International Republican Institute in Iraq before joining the staff of NDI in 2006.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011900307.html |title=American Killed in Iraq Was Set to Marry |last=Gamel |first=Kim |date=January 19, 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/acts/ACTR095.HTM |title=ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NO. R-95. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF ANDREA PARHAMOVICH (H.C.R.65) |publisher=Vermont General Assembly}}

After her death in Baghdad, she was the subject of the book I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story, written by her fiancé, Newsweek reporter Michael Hastings.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/books/review/Packer-t.html |title=What She Did for Love |last=Packer |first=George |date=April 20, 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times |department=Sunday Book Review}}

Commemoration

The Vermont General Assembly passed a resolution commemorating Parhamovich's actions in Iraq. Magdy Martinez, executive head of the United Nations Democracy Fund, honored Parhamovich's legacy in a message of condolence.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.un.org/democracyfund/XNewsNDIDemWorkerKilled.htm |title=NDI Democracy worker killed in Baghdad |publisher=United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716104321/http://www.un.org/democracyfund/XNewsNDIDemWorkerKilled.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2007}}

The Andi Foundation was established in her honor to fund college scholarships and access to internship opportunities in politics and media.{{Cite news |url=http://www.observer.com/2008/sarah-jessica-parker-blows-benefit-fallen-baghdad-activist |title=Sarah Jessica Parker Blows Off Benefit For Fallen Baghdad Activist |newspaper=The New York Observer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006143551/http://www.observer.com/2008/sarah-jessica-parker-blows-benefit-fallen-baghdad-activist |archive-date=October 6, 2008}}{{official website|http://www.theandifoundation.org/|The Andi Foundation}} The Foundation operates the Andi Leadership Institute, which provides annual leadership training for women in conflict zones.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

References

Category:Civilian casualties in the Iraq War

Category:2007 deaths

Category:Marietta College alumni

Category:1978 births

Category:American democracy activists