Rev. James Karnusian (1926, Beirut, Lebanon - April 8, 1998, Bern, Switzerland) was a Swiss-Armenian pastor, writer and public activist, allegedly one of the founders of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia militant organization.[1]
Karnusian studied at the universities of Greece and Switzerland. In 1979 he initiated the first Armenian World Congress in Paris.[2] In 1983 on the occasion of the 60th centenary of the Treaty of Lausanne James Karnusian organized a Pan-Armenian convention in Lausanne attended by delegates from 17 countries.[3]
In 1992 he co-founded the Switzerland-Armenia Association (GSA - Gesellschaft Schweiz-Armenien) together with Hans Schellenberg, civil servant in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and former deputy of National Council of Switzerland Alexander Euler.[3]
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