Pashinyan forms his government

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan signed decrees to appoint six ministers and deputy prime ministers.

Armenian media write that the post of Deputy Prime Minister retained Mger Grigoryan. The Minister of Economics remained Vaan Kerobyan. The head of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports, Vagram Delianan, the Minister of Emergency Situations Andranik Piloyan and the head of the Ministry of Health Anipa Avanesian are preserved.

Former Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan was appointed as head of the Ministry of Justice. Ex-Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan, in November 2020 who left the post of minister of economics, was appointed Minister of Finance.

Recall, on August 2, the President of Armenia signed a decree appointing Nikola Pashinian Prime Minister of the country.