NEW ARMENIA’S PRIME MINISTER NAMED
Pravda, Russia
April 4 2007
After Andranik Margarian died, Serzh Sarkisian was named Armenia’s
prime minister.
Sarkisian, 52, will serve as head of the Armenian government only
until the May 12 parliamentary elections, which his Republican Party
is widely expected to win.
Serzh Sarkisian was named Armenia’s prime minister
Margarian, 55, who died of heart failure on March 25, had served as
prime minister since the politically tense period that followed an
October 1999 armed attack on parliament that killed eight politicians,
including Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, who is not related to the
defense minister.
Under the Armenian political system, the prime minister has mostly
executive powers and is a much less powerful figure than the president.