SERZH SARGSYAN APPOINTED AS ARMENIA’S PRIME MINISTER
Regnum, Russia
April 5 2007
Armenia’s President Robert Kocharyan signed a decree on April 4 to
relieve Serzh Sargsyan of his duties as acting defense minister and
National Security Council secretary. By another decree, Serzh Sargsyan
was appointed as prime minister of Armenia, REGNUM was told at the
presidential press office.
It is worth mentioning that the Armenian prime minister’s post was
vacant after chair of the Republican Party Andranik Margaryan died.
Serzh Sargsyan was born on June 30, 1954, in the Nagorno Karabakh
capital, Stepanakert. In 1976, he graduated from Yerevan State
University.
He is a member of the Republican Party (RPA), head of the RPA
Council. He is married and has two daughters and a grandson.