UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~January~~February 2819, 2013 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

DELAWARE	001-34052	84-1390053
(State or Other	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

2280 Leckie Road, Suite ~~BKelowna~~B Kelowna, B.C. V1X-6G6 ~~Canada~~ Canada (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Postal Code)

(408) 582-7100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Election of a New Director

On ~~January~~February 2819, 2013 ~~Stephane~~Eliezer ~~Bertrand~~(Moodi) Sandberg became a member of the board of director of DayStar Technologies Inc. (“DayStar” or the “Company”). Mr. ~~Bertrand~~ Sandberg has not yet been assigned to any of the committees of the Company's board of directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between the Company and any other person pursuant to which Mr. ~~Bertrand~~Sandberg was selected as a director, nor are there any transactions between Mr. ~~Bertrand~~Sandberg and the Company in which he has a direct or indirect material interest that the Company is required to report except as set forth below.

~~Mr.~~Since ~~Bertrand~~retiring ~~was~~from a former Executive Director of the World Energy Congress and served as Chief of Staff for Premier of Quebec. Mr. Bertrand coordinated the government's activities for more than 4 years. He was directly involved in formulating all the government's policiespolitics, ~~communications, research, and crisis management strategies.~~ Mr. ~~Bertrand~~Sandberg ~~previously~~has ~~held the positions Vice-President, Communications, Public and Government Affairs for Gaz Metro Limited Partnership. He~~ served as ~~Director of Research and Communications of the~~a ~~Quebec Liberal Party. He served as Chief of Staff and was Economist~~director, ~~responsible for Press Relations~~consultant, ~~in the office of the Deputy Minister of Finance~~ and ~~Privatization~~ ~~and~~agent ~~the~~for ~~office of the Minister of Cultural Affairs of Quebec. Mr. Bertrand has carried out~~ various ~~mandates~~Israel ~~within the energy sector, specifically natural gas, wind power,~~ and ~~small~~foreign ~~hydroelectric power plants~~companies. He has ~~been a~~ ~~Director~~also ofheld ~~Canada~~various ~~Lithium~~public ~~Corp. since March 20~~positions, ~~2012.~~among Hethose ~~serves~~ as ~~Executive Director~~Chairman of the ~~International~~Ethiopian National ~~Summit~~Project of(ENP) ~~Cooperatives.~~and ~~Mr. Bertrand served as a Member~~ of the ~~Board~~National ofInnovation ~~Directors~~Fund of ~~Gaz~~the ~~Metro.~~Republic ~~He served as a Director~~ of ~~Salamon Group Inc~~Kazakhstan. ~~from March 13, 2012 to November 7, 2012~~Mr. HeSandberg ~~served~~is ~~as Executive~~currently ~~Director~~World ofChairman ~~the Quebec Liberal Party. He was Vice President, Planning and Development for the Societe financiere des Caisses populaires Desjardins. He was Executive Director~~ of ~~the~~Keren ~~World~~Hayesod; ~~Energy Congress - Montreal 2010. From 2010~~United toJewish ~~2011,~~Appeal ~~he chaired the Energy Committee of the Plan Nord~~ (~~Quebec~~The ~~Government's policy~~Foundation Fund)., ~~Mr.~~connecting ~~Bertrand~~Jewish ~~was~~communities ~~Chairman of the Standing committee~~ on ~~Public Affairs~~five ~~of the Canadian Gas Association for 5 years~~continents. ~~Mr. Bertrand holds a Master's Degree in Economics from Universite de Montreal.~~

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Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by Daystar Technologies Inc. dated November 19, 2012, regarding the termination of the Agreement.

As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company's board of directors had not yet granted any equity awards to Mr. Sandberg in connection with his appointment as a director but may do so in the future as per the Company's Non-employee Director Compensation.

SIGNATURES

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by Daystar Technologies Inc. dated February 19, 2013, regarding election of a new director.

~~Pursuant~~SIGNATURES ~~to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~

	DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: January 28, 2013	By /s/ Peter A. Lacey
	Peter A. Lacey
	Interim Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Date: February 19, 2013	By /s/ Peter A. Lacey
	Peter A. Lacey
	Interim Chief Executive Officer

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