Aramazd Kalamkaryan appointed head of RA Water Committee

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Aramazd Kalamkaryan as Chairman of the Water Committee.

Kalamkaryan, an economist by profession, worked at World Vision  Armenia and at Armeconombank, owned by the family of Khachatur  Sukiasyan (an MP from the ruling Civil Contract faction in the  National Assembly). He was also the publisher of the Haykakan  Zhamanak newspaper, where Nikol Pashinyan served as editor-in-chief.

Kalamkaryan previously served on the board of the Armenian National  Congress (ANC) party (led by former Armenian President Levon  Ter-Petrosyan). In April, he made harsh remarks against Ter-Petrosyan  and resigned from the party.