MediaMax, Armenia
Feb 8 2019
Armenia to introduce the position of chief commissioner for Diaspora
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that the discussions on the government structure are completed.
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“Armenia will have twelve ministries. Prime Minister’s staff will include a chief commissioner for Diaspora affairs, who is going to serve as the Prime Minister’s representative in contacts with the Diaspora and manage Armenia-Diaspora relations on behalf of the PM,” Pashinyan said in a Facebook post.
The changes to the government structure include the merge of Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure.
Transport and high technologies will be managed by different bodies after the foundation of a ministry of high technologies and military industry.
The Ministry of Agriculture will be included in the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments.
The ministries of culture and sport are supposed to form parts of the Ministry of Education and Science.
The new government structure first must be approved by the National Assembly of Armenia.