Armenian president shakes up judiciary

Arminfo
9 Jun 05

YEREVAN

[Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan has signed a decree appointing
Genrik Danielyan, chairman of the Armenian Court of Cassation, to the
post of judge of the Armenian Constitutional Court, the presidential
press service has told Arminfo news agency.

Genrik Danielyan replaced Mikael Sevyan, who turned 70 in May, in the
post of judge of the Armenian Constitutional Court. Taking up the post
of judge of the Armenian Constitutional Court, Genrik Danielyan
resigned from the post of chairman of the Armenian Court of Cassation.

The Armenian president also appointed Ovannes Manukyan to the post of
chairman of the Court of Cassation and dismissed him from the post of
chairman of the Economic Court.

Robert Kocharyan also endorsed an addition to the list of judges to be
promoted in 2005. According to the list, Eduard Muradyan has been
appointed chairman of the Armenian Economic Court and dismissed from
the post of head of the Securities Commission.

Under another presidential decree, Aram Tamazyan has been appointed
Armenian deputy prosecutor-general.

According to the report, the newly-appointed chairman of the Armenian
Economic Court, Eduard Muradyan, was sworn in today at a session of
the Justice Council presided over by Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan.