Vice President of the Charitable Fund “The Vardanian Family”
Date and Place of Birth: November 29, 1948, Javakhk
Education/Major:
1968-1973 Yerevan State University; Philology Department; Journalism section; journalist; honorable doctor of Louisiana University, USA
Career:
2004-present Vice President of the charitable fund “The Vardanian Family”
2003-2004 art director of “AR” TV Company
1996-2003 founder and chairman of “AR” TV company
1995-1999 RA National Assembly deputy
1990-1995 deputy to the RA Supreme Council, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Information, Press and Publications, the author of the RA Law “On Press and Other Media Outlets”
1986-1990 chief editor of “Garun” magazine
1982-1986 deputy chief editor of “Garun” magazine
1975-1982 head of publicist department of “Garun” magazine
1973-1975 writer of “Garun” magazine
1967-1968 teacher of Armenian language and literature in Goman village of Akhalkalaki district
Participation in Elective State Administration Bodies:
1995-1999 deputy of National Assembly of Armenia
1990-1995 deputy of Supreme Council of Armenia
2003 candidate for RA National Assembly seat
Prizes/Awards:
1978 laureate of prize of Young Communist Union
1980 laureate of prize after Nalbandian of the Writers Union of Armenia
Publications: “Stern” magazine (Germany), “Druzhba Narodov” (Moscow), “Yunost” (Moscow); “Literaturnaya Gazeta”, “Molodaya Gvardia” magazine, “Grakan Tert”, “Avangard”, “Azg”, “Haystani Hanrapetutiun”, “Munetik”, etc.
Author of 9 books: short stories “Country of Men” (1983, Moscow), “Lake Sagamo” (1978), “The Remaining Soil and the Leaving People” (1982), “0 o’clock” (1995), collected poems “Night Rose” (2001), etc.
Hobbies: poetry, skiing
Languages: Armenian, Russian, fair knowledge of German and Georgian
Marital Status: married with four children
Contact Information:
5a, Tumanian str., 375010 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel. (374 10) 52 38 86, 54 25 99 (office), (374 91) 40 68 13 (mob.)
Fax (374 10) 56 35 64
