Rafael Ghazaryan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rafael Ghazaryan

Armenian physicist

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1924

Place of Birth: Armavir, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

Date of Death: 03-Nov-2007

Profession: physicist

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Rafael Ghazaryan (Armenian: ??????? ????????, 26 January 1924 – 3 November 2007, Yerevan) was an Armenian radio-physicist, academician, public activist, a member of Karabakh Committee. Ghazaryan was a World War II veteran.
He is an author of a number of works on radiophysics, laser atmosphere technics and light modulation, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
He was the founder of laser technics cafedras at Yerevan State University and Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. In 1988, along with other members of Karabakh Committee, he was arrested by Soviet authorities.
In 1989, he became the vice president of the Supreme Council (parliament) of Armenian SSR, in 1990-95 he headed the parliamentarian Committee of Science and Education.
He was also the director of Engineering Center "Mashtots".In his final years, he was one of the leaders of the “Intellectual Forum” (Armenia).