SERZH SARKISYAN REAPPOINTED ARMENIAN PM
RIA Novosti, Russia
June 7 2007
YEREVAN, June 7 (RIA Novosti) – Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
reappointed Serzh Sarkisyan as the country’s prime minister Thursday,
the Armenian presidential press service said.
Kocharyan accepted the resignation of the Armenian Cabinet earlier
in the day.
A presidential spokesman said the president had instructed ministers
to continue performing their duties until a new Cabinet was formed.
Under Armenian laws, the government should be formed within 10 days
after the appointment of the prime minister, and should submit its
program to parliament within 20 days.
Sarkisyan, who will turn 53 later this month, was Armenia’s defense
minister from 1993 through 1995. He subsequently became national
security minister, and held the position of interior and national
security minister in 1996-1999. In 2000 Sarkisyan became defense
minister again, and was appointed prime minister in April 2007.