NEW GOVERNMENT COMPOSITION TO BE KNOWN APRIL 15

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2008 16:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Composition of the new Armenian government will
apparently be known on April 15.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from a source in the RA
government, new chiefs of the National Security Service and Police
will be appointed.

"The Police will be elevated to ministry rank. Mikael Harutyunyan
will retain the post of Defense Minister.

Minister of Culture and Education Levon Lazarian and Minister of
Agriculture David Lokyan representing ARF Dashnaktsutyun will also
keep the portfolios.

Ministries of Diaspora Affairs and of Science will be formed," the
source said.

On April 10, Central Bank President Tigran Sargsyan was appointed Prime
Minister of Armenia. According to the RA Constitution, the new Prime
Minister submits the composition of the Cabinet to the parliament’s
consideration within 20 days after his appointment.