QYUFARYAN Boris

Observer of “Respublika Armenia” Newspaper

Date and Place of Birth: May 29, 1941, Tyumen region, Russia

Education/Major:

1962-1967 Yerevan State University; Faculty of Philology; Department of Journalism; journalist

1983, 1986 seminars “The Role of Information in Society” (Moscow)

1989 seminar “Seal of Socialist Camp Countries” (Czechoslovakia)

Career:

1998-present observer of “Respublika Armenia” newspaper

1982-1997 correspondent, deputy chief editor, head of CIS and Baltic Countries Department of TASS-“Armenpress” agency

1975-1982 correspondent, special correspondent of “Communist” newspaper

1967-1975 correspondent, assistant executive secretary, head of culture and life department of “Stepnoy Mayak” newspaper (Kokchetav, Kazakhstan)

Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:

Since 1970 Journalists Union of Armenia

Publications: “Respublika Armenia”, “Pravda”, “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun”, “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, “Izvestiya”, “Golos Armenii”

Hobbies: chess, hunting

Languages: Armenian, Russian, fair knowledge of German

Marital Status: married

Contact Information:

Tel. (374 10) 54 53 38 (office), 25 05 81 (home)