Commission formed to organize Academician Radik Martirosyan`s funeral 

ArmInfo.  In connection with the death of former President of the National Academy of Sciences Radik Martirosyan, a government commission has been formed to organize his funeral. The decision to establish the commission was signed by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

According to the decision of the Prime Minister, as reported by the  press service of the RA government, the individual composition of the  commission was approved, headed by the Minister of Education,  Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia Zhanna  Andreasyan. The commission also included Deputy Minister of Finance  Vahan Sirunyan, Chairman of the Committee on Higher Education and  Science Sargis Hayotsyan, and other officials.

Academician, former president of the National Academy of Sciences,  former rector of Yerevan State University Radik Martirosyan died on  May 5 at the age of 89. He was born in 1936 in the village of  Mataghis, Martakert region, NKAO. He graduated from the Physics and  Mathematics Faculty of Yerevan State University with a degree in  radiophysics, then completed his postgraduate studies at the Moscow  Institute of Physics. P. Lebedev NAS USSR. He began his career in  1958-1960 as a junior research fellow at the Byurakan Observatory of  the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, then worked at the  Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the Academy of Sciences  of the Armenian SSR as a senior research fellow, head of the  laboratory department, held the positions of deputy director for  scientific work and director. In 1980, Radik Martirosyan received the  academic degree of Doctor of Sciences, and in 1982 he was awarded the  title of professor. In 1986, he was elected a corresponding member of  the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, and in 1990 -  academician