STEPANAKERT, Artsakh Republic ”“ On September 25, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakian signed a range of decrees that established the composition of the new cabinet.
Minister of State, Ministry of Healthcare, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Resettlement, Ministry of Nature Protection and Natural Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economy and Industrial Infrastructures, Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Tourism, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Urban Planning, Ministry of Finance.
The decrees also defined the following state administrative bodies: the National Security Service, the police, and the State Service of Emergency Situations.
According to the decree of the President
Arayik Haroutyunyan was appointed Minister of State,
Karine Atayan was appointed Minister of Healthcare,
Ararat Danielyan was appointed Minister of Justice,
Masis Mayilyan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Samvel Avanesyan was appointed Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Resettlement,
Vazgen Mikayelyan was appointed Minister of Nature Protection and Natural Resources,
Zhirayr Mirzoyan was appointed Minister of Agriculture,
Levon Grigoryan was appointed Minister of Economy and Industrial Infrastructures,
Narine Aghabalyan was appointed Minister of Education, Science and Sports,
Sergey Shahverdyan was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth Affairs and Tourism,
Levon Mnatsakanyan was appointed Minister of Defense,
Karen Shahramanyan was appointed Minister of Urban Planning,
Grigory Martirosyan was appointed Minister of Finance.
The presidential decrees defined the ministers whose activity will be coordinated by the minister of state, as well as the scope of authorities entrusted to the minister of state by the president in the field of state property and financial management.
By another decree of the president a number of structural changes have been made. In particular:
The department of tourism has been separated from the ministry of economy and industrial infrastructures and included into the ministry of culture, youth affairs and tourism;
In the structure of the President’s Office, a separated subdivision “Administration of the Governmental Affairs”
