Nikol Pashinyan makes first government appointment
10.05.2018,
16:42
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first government appointment today picking Eduard Aghajanyan as head of the Prime Minister's office.
YEREVAN, May 10. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first government appointment today picking Eduard Aghajanyan as head of the Prime Minister's office.
After a month of non-violent anti-government protests across the country 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
After a month of non-violent anti-government protests across the country 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
