Nikol Pashinyan makes first government appointment

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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.

Nikol Pashinyan makes first government appointment

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

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