ArmInfo.Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, appointed 12 government ministers.
11 of the 12 appointed ministers worked in the previous Government. Thus, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erik Grigoryan - Minister of Nature Protection, Feliks Tsolakyan - Minister of Emergency Situations, Hakob Arshakyan - Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies, Tigran Khachatryan - Minister of Economic Development and Investments, Atom Janjugazyan - Minister of Finance, Arsen Torosyan - Minister of Health, Artak Zeynalyan - Minister of Justice, Zaruhi Batoyan - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, David Tonoyan - Minister of Defense, Suren Papikyan- Minister of Territorial Administration and Development, Arayik Harutyunyan - Minister of Education and Science.
The heads of five ministries that are to be disbanded or restructured have not been appointed. In particular, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Diaspora.