THE WELL-KNOWN SCIENTIST AND PUBLIC FIGURE HAS DIED
Azat Artsakh Daily
05-11-2007
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
On 84th year of a life after long and long illness the academician
of National Academy of Sciences in Armenia, public figure Rafael
Ghazarian has died. From December of 1988 till May of 1989 R.Ghazarian
with other representatives of "Karabakh" committee was imprisoned in
Butirian prison.
In 1989-1990 he held a post of the vice-president of Presidium
of Supreme Council of ASR. In 1990-1995 the academician headed
the parliamentary commission on science and education. He was in
oppostion to the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosian. After
resignation of the last, Ghazarian at first supported the present
President Robert Kocharian and then he was again in opposition. All
editing stuff of "Azat Artsakh" newspaper with all armenian people
condoles in occasion of death of great person.