ZAKHARYAN Karen

Director of “De Facto” News Agency

Date and Place of Birth: February 16, 1948, Baku, Azerbaijan

Education/Major:

1974-1979 Yerevan State University; Economic Department; economist

Education:

2000-present director of “De Facto” news agency

1991-1999 editor of private publishing houses

1990 deputy chief editor of “Delovoy Mir” newspaper

1983-1990 head of soviet state construction department of “Communist” newspaper

1980-1983 correspondent of “Communist” newspaper

1977-1980 head of production and dispatch department of “YerevanProject” Institute

1976-1977 head of dispatch department of “YerevanProject” Institute

1974-1975 head of group at the industrial unit of “YerevanProject” Institute

1973-1974 senior economist of the department of interindustrial balance of the Central Construction Agency of Armenia

1969-1973 economist of transportation and communication department of the Central Construction Agency of Armenia

Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:

Since 1984 Journalists Union of Armenia

Publications: Russian and Armenian media – “Selskaya zhizn”, “Journalist”, “Aravot”, “Golos Armenii”, “Novoye Vremya”, “Repsublika Armenia”

Hobbies: painting, sports, music

Languages: Armenian, Russian

Marital Status: married with two children

Contact Information:

Tel. (374 10) 54 57 99 (office), (374 10) 72 62 35 (home)

Е-mail: [email protected]