NEW GOVERNMENT WAS APPOINTED

Karabakh Open, Armenia
Oct 1 2007

Last week NKR President Bako Sahakyan signed a degree on the structure
of the NKR government which comprises the ministries of health,
justice, foreign affairs, agriculture, education and science, culture
and youth, defense, social security, economy, urban planning, finance,
and the government administration.

The decree also defined the following government agencies: the
National Security Service, the Committee of the Real Estate Cadastre,
the Archive Agency, the State Tax Agency, the Agency for Migration,
Refugees and Resettlement, the Agency of Environment and Natural
Resources, the NKR Police, the State Water Committee, the State Sports
Committee and the Rescue Service.

NKR President Bako Sahakyan appointed the members of government. Armo
Tsatryan was appointed vice premier and minister of agriculture, Armen
Khachatryan is minister health, Arthur Mosiyan is minister of justice,
Georgy Petrosyan is minister of foreign affairs, Suren Grigoryan is
the minister of the government administration, Vladik Khachatryan
is minister of education and science, Norek Gasparyan is minister
of culture and youth, Movses Hakobyan is minister of defense,, Benik
Bakhshiyan is minister of economic development, Alexander Mamunts is
minister of urban planning and Spartak Tevosyan is minister of finance.

Rudik Martirosyan was appointed assistant to NKR president.

There were replacements in the regions as well. Sergey Ohanyan replaced
Carlen Petrosyan in the post of governor of Martakert.

Vardan Gabrielyan replaced the governor of Shushi Vladimir Kasyan.

Rudik Azaryan, the governor of Martuni, was replaced by Valery
Khachatryan.