RA GOVERMENT MEMBERS APPOINTED

YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 8, President Robert Kocharian
signed a decree on making amendments and addition to RA President’s
decree of March 16, 2002.

By the decree, RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs has been
renamed as RA Culture Ministry.

RA government’s Physical Culture and Sport State Committee has been
reorganized into RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.

On that occasion Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Sport and Youth
Affairs are added to RA President’s decree of March 16, 2002 On
Determination of RA Goverment Structure.

As Noyan Tapan was informed from RA President’s Press Office, on the
same day Robert Kocharian signed another decree On Appointing Goverment
Members. The following people are appointed RA goverment members:

Aghvan Vardanian – RA Minister of Labor and Social Issues

Haroutiun Kushkian – RA Health Minister

Nerses Yeritsian – RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development

Gevorg Danielian – RA Minister of Justice

Vartan Oskanian – RA Minister of Foreign Affairs

Aram Haroutiunian – RA Minister of Nature Protection

David Lokian – RA Minister of Agriculture

Armen Movsisian – RA Energy Minister

Manuk Topouzian – Minister-Chief of RA Government Staff

Levon Mkrtchian – RA Minister of Education and Science

Hasmik Poghosian – RA Minister of Culture

Mikhail Haroutiunian – RA Defence MInister

Armen Grigorian – RA MInister of Sport and Youth Affairs

Hovik Abrahamian – Minister of Territorial Administration

Andranik Manukian – RA Minister of Transport and Communication

Vardan Vardanian – RA Minister of Urban Development

Vardan Khachatrian – RA Minister of Finance and Economy

By two other decrees of the President, Hovik Abrahamian, RA Minister of
Territorial Administration, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and
Gevorg Danielian, RA Deputy Prosecutor General was dismissed from the
occupied position on the occasion of getting a new one.