CHANGES MADE IN STRUCTURE OF RA GOVERNMENT

Noyan Tapan
April 22, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serge Sargsian signed a
decree on April 21 on making amendments and addenda to the March 16,
2002 decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia.

According to the decree, the following changes have been made in the
structure of the RA Government:

1) The RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development has been renamed
as RA Ministry of Economics

2) The RA Ministry of Finances and Economics has been renamed as RA
Ministry of Finances

3) RA MInistry of Emergency has been created. It has been defined
that the Rescue Service of Armenia is a state body operating in the
governing sphere of the Ministry of Emergency

4) The agency of the Relations with the Diaspora of the RA Ministry
of Foreign Affairs has been reorganized into the State Committee of
the Relations with the Diaspora of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It has been ordered to the government of the Republic of Armenia
to make corresponding decisions following the given decree with a
one-month term.

According to the message provided to Noyan Tapan by the RA President’s
Press Office, the government of the Republic of Armenia has the
following structure:

1. Ministry of Health

2. Ministry of Justice

3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

4. Ministry of Emergency

5. Ministry of Labour and Social Issues

6. Ministry of Environmental Protection

7. Ministry of Agriculture

8. Ministry of Economics

9. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

10. Ministry of Education and Science

11. Ministry of Culture

12. Ministry of Defence

13. Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs

14. Ministry of Territorial Administration

15. Ministry of Transport and Communication

16. Ministry of Urban Development

17. Ministry of Finances.