NAVASARDIAN Boris

President of Yerevan Press Club

Date and Place of Birth: January 1, 1957, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Education/Major:

1974-1979 Rostov State University; Journalism Department; journalist

Career:

1995-present president of Yerevan Press Club

1990-1995 chief editor of “Zerkalo” newspaper (Yerevan)

1990-1991 deputy chief editor, editor of the Russian-language version of “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun”/”Respublika Armenia” newspaper

1987-1990 lecturer, instructor of Yerevan City Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia

1979-1987 correspondent, head of the department of “Komsomolets” newspaper (Yerevan)

Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:

Since 1983 Journalists Union of the USSR/Armenia

Since 1995 president of Yerevan Press Club

Since 2000 co-president of International Association of Journalists “South Caucasus”

Publications: “Komsomolets”, “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, “Zerkalo”, “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun”, “Respublika Armenia” newspapers and other periodicals of Armenia, Russia, USA, Great Britain, Germany, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Latvia, Mongolia

Hobbies: sport (football, mountain skiing, tennis)

Languages: Armenian, Russian, English

Contact Information:

9B, Ghazar Parpetsi str., 0002 Yerevan, Armenia

Tel. (374 10) 53 00 67; 53 35 41

Fax (374 10) 53 56 61; 53 76 62

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.ypc.am