ANN/GROONG - ARMENIA GOVERNMENT LIST ARMENIA : GOVERNMENT LIST. Reuters English News Service 11/03/1999 ARMENIA GOVERNMENT LIST (991103-2) ************************************************************* * 3 Nov 99 - President Kocharyan appointed Aram Sarksyan * * as the new prime minister. He is likely to * * reshuffle the cabinet. The Interior and * * National Security ministers have offered their * * resignations, all other ministers are acting. * * * * 27 Oct 99 - Prime Minister Vazgen Sarksyan, Parliament * * Speaker Karen Demirchyan and Operative Issues * * Minister Leonard Petrosyan were killed * * during an attack by gunmen on parliament. * ************************************************************* President (Sworn in 9 Apr 98)................Robert KOCHARYAN - - - - - - - Prime Minister (Apptd 3 Nov 99).................Aram SARKSYAN - - - - - - - CABINET (Formed 15 Jun 99): **SEE NOTE ABOVE** Prime Minister (Apptd 11 Jun 99)............Vazgen SARKSYAN** (** Shot dead 27 Oct 99) MINISTERS: Agriculture..................................Gagik SHAHBAZYAN City Construction............................Hrair HOVANESYAN Communications & Mail...........................Ruben TONOYAN Culture, Sports & Youth Issues................Roland SHAROYAN Defence................................Vagharshak HARUTYUNYAN Ecology......................................Gevork VARTANYAN Economy.......................................Armen DARBINYAN Education & Science..........................Eduard GHAZARYAN Energy..........................................David ZADOYAN Finance....................................Levon BARKHUDARYAN Foreign.......................................Vardan OSKANYAN Healthcare...................................Haik NIKOGHOSYAN Industrial Infrastructures..................Vahan SHIRKHANYAN Industry & Trade...............................Haik GEVORKYAN Interior...................................Suren ABRAHAMYAN** (**See NOTE Above) Justice.....................................David HARUTYUNYAN National Security..............................Serzh SARKSYAN (**See NOTE Above) Operative Issues..........................Leonard PETROSYAN** (** Shot dead 27 Oct 99) Privatisation.............................Pavel GHALTAKHCHYAN Regional Affairs..........................Khosrov HARUTYUNYAN Social Security............................Razmik MARTIROSYAN State Revenues.................................Smbat AIVAZYAN Transport....................................Ervand ZAKHARYAN - - - - - - - Minister-Head of Government Administration.........................Shahen KARAMANUKYAN - - - - - - - Speaker of the National Assembly............Armen KHACHATRYAN Chairman of the Cassation Court..............Henrik DANIELYAN Chairman of the Constitution Court..........Gagik HARUTYUNYAN State Prosecutor.............................Aghvan HOVSEPYAN - - - - - - - Chairman of the Central Bank..................Tigran SARKSYAN Back to News Home     Back to OIA Home