Armenian president appoints new government members
11.05.2018,
18:53
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a number of decrees today on Cabinet appointments.
YEREVAN, May 11. / ARKA /. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a number of decrees today on Cabinet appointments.
Ararat Mirzoyan, an MP from the Yelk parliamentary bloc, was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister. The press secretary of the Yelk bloc Tigran Avinyan was appointed Deputy Prime Minister. Former Minister of Emergency Situations David Tonoyan was appointed Minister of Defense. Araik Harutyunyan from the Yelk bloc was appointed Minister of Education and Science.
Suren Papikyan, deputy chairman of the Civil Contract party, was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Development. Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, a Yerevan legislation assembly member from the Yelk, was appointed Minister of Diaspora.
Earlier, Valery Osipyan was appointed chief of Police, and Arthur Vanetsyan - director of the National Security Service.
Armenia's Parliament on May 8 elected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to become the country's next prime minister. Lawmakers elected Pashinyan by a 59-42 vote after a leader of the ruling Republican Party, Vahram Baghdasarian, announced his party would give Pashinyan 11 votes, which helped put him over the top. --0---
Ararat Mirzoyan, an MP from the Yelk parliamentary bloc, was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister. The press secretary of the Yelk bloc Tigran Avinyan was appointed Deputy Prime Minister. Former Minister of Emergency Situations David Tonoyan was appointed Minister of Defense. Araik Harutyunyan from the Yelk bloc was appointed Minister of Education and Science.
Suren Papikyan, deputy chairman of the Civil Contract party, was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Development. Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, a Yerevan legislation assembly member from the Yelk, was appointed Minister of Diaspora.
Earlier, Valery Osipyan was appointed chief of Police, and Arthur Vanetsyan - director of the National Security Service.
Armenia's Parliament on May 8 elected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to become the country's next prime minister. Lawmakers elected Pashinyan by a 59-42 vote after a leader of the ruling Republican Party, Vahram Baghdasarian, announced his party would give Pashinyan 11 votes, which helped put him over the top. --0---
