Pashinyan made new appointments

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan dismissed Acting Deputy Head of the State Control Service (SCS), and appointed a new Deputy Head of the Service  as well as Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.

According to the official website of the government, Aren  Yeghiazaryan has been relieved of his post as Acting Deputy Head of  the State Control Service, and was replaced by Anri Vardanyan.

By Pashinyan's decision of December 13, Alfred Kocharyan became the  Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Science of the  Russian Federation.

According to media reports, Anri Vardanyan is son-in-law of Acting  President of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan.

It should be reminded that the head of the State Control Service,  Tigran Ulikhanyan, was dismissed on December 9. Ulikhanyan, one of  the founders of the Civil Contract party, was appointed head of the  State Control Service on January 15, 2021. Prior to that (2018-2019),  he held the position of Deputy Head of the Service. On December 9,  2018, he was elected to the National Assembly from the national  electoral list of the "My Step" alliance of parties.