FORMER DIRECTOR OF ‘MATENADARAN’ INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF ITS BOARD

arminfo
2007-07-11 08:45:00

Former Director of "Matenadaran" Institute of Ancient Manuscripts of
Armenia Sen Arevshatyan has been elected Chairman of its Board.

As acting Director of Matenadaran Arshak Banuchyan told ArmInfo,
29 people voted for S. Arevshatyan, 5 – against and 1 votes was
considered invalid.

Moreover, elections for the post of director of Matenadaran has
been fixed on July 17. By ArmInfo’s information, two candidacies has
been nominated as yet: senior staff scientist of Matenadaran Hrachya
Tamrazyan and Head of Department Erna Shirinyan.

To note, "Matenadaran" was founded in 1957. Its fund totals about
17,000 manuscripts on history, geography, grammar, philosophy, law,
medicine in Armenian, Arabian, Persian, Greek, Assyrian, Latin,
Ethiopian, Indian, Japanese and other languages.