Armenian president reappoints cabinet ministers
23.04.2018,
18:01
Armenian president Armen Sarkissian has signed a number of decrees today reappointing Levon Altunyan as minister of health, Artsvik Minasyan as minister of nature protection,
YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/. Armenian president Armen Sarkissian has signed a number of decrees today reappointing Levon Altunyan as minister of health, Artsvik Minasyan as minister of nature protection, Vahan Martiorsyan as minister of transport, communications and information technology, Levon Mkrtchyan as minister of education and science, Artem Asatryan as minister of labor and social affairs, Hranush Hakobyan as minister of Diaspora, Ashot Manukyan as minister of energy infrastructure and natural resources and Hrachya Rostomyan as minister of sports and youth affairs.
Earlier the president appointed former prime minister Karen Karapetyan as first deputy prime minister, Vache Gabrielyan and Armen Gevorgyan as deputy prime ministers, as well as Vigen Sargsyan as defense minister and Edward Nalbandian as foreign minister, Vardan Aramyan as minister of finance, David Lokyan as minister of territorial administration and development, and Suren Karayan as minister of economic development and investment.
Armenia’s ex-president Serzh Sargsyan resigned as president on April 9. He was elected as prime minister during a special session of parliament on April 17 by a vote of 77 to 17, but announced his resignation today, bowing to pressure from tens of thousands of demonstrators who had taken to the streets and paralyzed the capital, Yerevan, to protest against his election.
According to Armenia’s amended constitution, approved in a national referendum in 2015, Armenia has switched the government from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system making the presidency largely ceremonial and strengthening the office of the prime minister.--0-
Earlier the president appointed former prime minister Karen Karapetyan as first deputy prime minister, Vache Gabrielyan and Armen Gevorgyan as deputy prime ministers, as well as Vigen Sargsyan as defense minister and Edward Nalbandian as foreign minister, Vardan Aramyan as minister of finance, David Lokyan as minister of territorial administration and development, and Suren Karayan as minister of economic development and investment.
Armenia’s ex-president Serzh Sargsyan resigned as president on April 9. He was elected as prime minister during a special session of parliament on April 17 by a vote of 77 to 17, but announced his resignation today, bowing to pressure from tens of thousands of demonstrators who had taken to the streets and paralyzed the capital, Yerevan, to protest against his election.
According to Armenia’s amended constitution, approved in a national referendum in 2015, Armenia has switched the government from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system making the presidency largely ceremonial and strengthening the office of the prime minister.--0-
