Rafael Ghazaryan (Armenian: Ռաֆայել Ղազարյան, 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.[1] 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".[2]
In his final years, he was one of the leaders of the “Intellectual Forum” (Armenia).
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