Based on the results of the meetings of the Executive
Organ and the Board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, attended by the
leader of the party, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Spokesman of the RPA
Eduard Sharmazanov has made public the composition of the new Armenian
government.
Finance Minister Vache Garbiyelyan and Head of the
Government's Staff David Sargsyan have swapped offices, with Gabrielyan given a
new ministerial status.
Vahram Avanesyan has been appointed as Economy
Minister, while his predecessor Tigran Davtyan will represent Armenia in WTO.
Youth and Sport Minister Hrachya Rostomyan (Prosperous
Armenia Party) has been replaced by Olympic champion Yuri Vardanyan, who has
lived in the United States in the last years.
All the other ministers have retained their offices.
As regards the ministers representing the RPA's
coalition partner, Orinats Yerkir Party, particularly, Minister for Emergency
Situations, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Urban Development,
Sharmazanov says that it is for the party to decide if they will stay in their
offices or not.