Arka News Agency, Armenia
June 9 2007

NEW ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT FORMED

YEREVAN, June 8. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharyan has singed a
decree appointing Government members.
Under the decree, Harutyun Kushkyan (Prosperous Armenia Party) has
been appointed Minister of Health, Nerses Yeritsyan Minister of Trade
and Economic Development, Gevorg Danielyan Minister of Justice, Aram
Harutyunyan Minister of Nature Protection, Vardan Vardanyan
(Prosperous Armenia) Minister of Urban Development, Armen Grigoryan
(Prosperous Armenia) Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs.
The following Government members retained their posts: Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanyan, Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan (ARF
Dashnaktsutyun), Minister of Energy Armen Movsisyan (Republican Party
of Armenia), Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtichyan,
Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Defense Mikael
Harutyunyan, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Aghvan Vardanyan
(Dashnaktsutyun), Minister of Transport and Communication Andranik
Manukyan, Minister of Finance and Economy Vardan Khachatryan
(Republican Party of Armenia), Minister of Territorial Administration
Hovik Abrahamyan (Republican Party of Armenia), and Minister, Head of
the RA Government staff Manuk Topuzyan (Republican party of Armenia).

RA President Robert Kocharyan also signed decree appointing Ra
minister of Territorial Administration Hovik Abrahamyan RA
Vice-Premier, and relieving Gevorg Danielyan of the post of RA Deputy
Prosecutor General.
The RA President also signed decrees renaming RA Ministry of Culture
and Youth Affairs RA Ministry of Culture, and RA State Committee for
Physical Culture and Sport RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
In conformity with the RA Constitution, on Thursday, when the newly
elected Armenian Parliament held its first sitting, the RA president
accepted the RA Government’s resignation and signed a decree
appointing Serge Sargsyan RA Prime Minister.
In conformity with Article 74 of the RA Constitution, the RA
Government is to submit its program to the RA Parliament within 20
days. The RA Parliament is to vote on the program within five days
after it is submitted for approval. The RA Parliament approves the
Government’s program by a majority of votes.
On June 6, 2007, at the residence of the RA President, an agreement
on a political coalition was signed between the Republican Party of
Armenia (RPA) and the Prosperous Armenia Party. In its turn, the
coalition signed a cooperation agreement with the ARF Dashnaktsutyun.
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