STATE COMMISSION CREATED FOR PREPARATION FOR 500th ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDATION OF ARMENIAN PRINTING

Noyan Tapan

Au g 25, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on
August 22 signed an order on the creation of a state commission for
the preparation of measures on the 500th anniversary of foundation
of Armenian printing. The state commission will be headed by the
Armenian president.

According to a press release of the RA president’s press service,
the Commission is composed of the following persons:

Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II (by consent),

Armenian prime minister Tigran Sargsian,

deputy prime minister of the RA, minister of territorial administration
Armen Gevorgian,

chief of the RA presidential staff Hovik Abrahamian,

foreign minister of the RA Edward Nalbandian,

minister of culture of the RA Hasmik Poghosian,

minister of finance of the RA Tigran Davtian,

minister of education and science of the RA Spartak Seyranian,

mayor of Yerevan Yervand Zakharian,

assistant to the president of the RA (the Commission’s
secretary-coordinator of measures) Vigen Sargsian,

chairman of the Council of the Public Television and Radio Company
of Armenia Alexan Harutyunian (by consent),

president of the RA National Academy of Sciences Radik Martirosian,

deputy of the RA National Assembly Victor Dallakian (by consent),

deputy of the RA National Assembly Armen Ashotian (by consent),

director of the National Library of Armenia Davit Sargsian (by
consent),

director of the M. Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts Harchia
Tamrazian (by consent),

rector of Yerevan State University Aram Simonian (by consent),

director of the National Archive of Armenia Amatuni Virabian (by
consent),

chairman of the Union of Writers of Armenia Levon Ananian (by consent).