Pashinyan government

Government of Nikol Pashinyan

government of Armenia
Incumbent
Nikol Pashinyan as a PM of Armenia
Date formed 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)
People and organisations
Head of state Armen Sarkissian
Head of government Nikol Pashinyan
Deputy head of government Ararat Mirzoyan
Tigran Avinyan
Mher Grigoryan
No. of ministers 17
Member parties Way Out Alliance
Status in legislature Minority government
Opposition parties Republican
Tsarukyan Alliance
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Opposition leader Serzh Sargsyan
History
Predecessor Second Serzh Sargsyan government
Successor Incumbent

Pashinyan's government is the current government of Armenia since its formation in May 2018. Nikol Pashinyan was appointed Prime Minister by President Armen Sarkissian on 8 May 2018, after receiving a majority of votes in the National Assembly.

The incumbent government of Armenia is a minority government ruled by parliamentary group Way Out Alliance consisted of three political parties: Civil Contract, Bright Armenia and Republic. It was a coalition government formed by Way Out Alliance, Tsarukyan Alliance, and Armenian Revolutionary Federation until 3 October 2018.

The current structure of the government of Armenia consists of seventeen ministries and eight adjunct bodies. Each ministry is responsible for elaborating and implementing governmental decisions in its respective sphere.[1][2]

On 3 October 2018, Pashinyan fired six ministers after their parties (Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Tsarukyan Alliance) supported a controversial bill which will make it harder for the Prime Minister to call snap elections to the National Assembly.[3] On the same day, the ARF accused Pashinyan of "attempting to establish one-party rule in Armenia".[4]

Structure

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Governing staff

Main office holders
Office Name Party Affiliation/Quota Since
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 8 May 2018
First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 11 May 2018
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 11 May 2018
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan Independent Tsarukyan Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Revolutionary Federation 12 May 2018 - 3 October 2018
Minister of Culture Lilit Makunts Independent[5] Way Out Alliance[6] 12 May 2018
Minister of Defence Davit Tonoyan Independent[7] Way Out Alliance 11 May 2018
Minister of Diaspora Mkhitar Hayrapetyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 11 May 2018
Minister of Economic Development and Investments Artsvik Minasyan Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Revolutionary Federation 12 May 2018 - 3 October 2018
Minister of Education and Science Arayik Harutyunyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 11 May 2018
Minister of Emergency Situations Hrachya Rostomyan Independent Tsarukyan Alliance 12 May 2018 - 3 October 2018
Feliks Tsolakyan Independent 4 October 2018[8]
Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Artur Grigoryan Prosperous Armenia Tsarukyan Alliance 12 May 2018 - 3 October 2018
Garegin Baghramyan Independent 4 October 2018
Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan Independent Way Out Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanian Independent Way Out Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan Independent Way Out Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Justice Artak Zeynalyan Republic Way Out Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mane Tandilyan Bright Armenia[9] Way Out Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan Independent[10] Way Out Alliance 12 May 2018
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Levon Vahradyan Prosperous Armenia Tsarukyan Alliance 12 May 2018 - 3 October 2018
Gabriel Ghazaryan 10 October 2018
Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Suren Papikyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 11 May 2018
Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Ashot Hakobyan Independent Tsarukyan Alliance[11] 12 May 2018 - 3 October 2018
Hakob Arshakyan Civil Contract Way Out Alliance 4 October 2018

Bodies under the Government

Body Head Since
Committee of the Real Estate Cadastre Sarhat Petrosyan 9 August 2018
Education Inspectorate Aleksandr Shagafyan 9 July 2018
Food Safety Inspectorate Georgi Avetisyan 21 June 2018
Health and Labor Inspectorate Hovhannes Navasardyan 27 March 2018
Nature Protection and Subsoil Inspectorate Artur H. Grigoryan 21 June 2018
Market Surveillance Inspection Body vacant
Nuclear Safety Committee Ashot Martirosyan 17 September 2008
State Revenue Committee Davit Ananyan 17 May 2018
Statistics Committee Stepan Mnatsakanyan 21 May 2018
Urban Development Committee Avetiq Eloyan 15 June 2018
Urban Development, Technical Standards and Fire Safety Inspectorate vacant

Bodies under the Prime Minister

Body Head Since
National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan 10 May 2018
Police Valeriy Osipyan 10 May 2018
State Control Service Davit Sanasaryan 21 May 2018

References

  1. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Structure - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-05-14. line feed character in |title= at position 41 (help)
  2. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-05-14. line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
  3. ↑ "Armenia: Six Government Ministers Get the Boot - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations". Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  4. ↑ ARF Hits Back: Accuses Pashinyan Camp of Attempting to Establish One-Party Rule in Armenia
  5. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-05-16. line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
  6. ↑ hetq.am (in Russian) http://hetq.am/rus/news/88792/sostav-novogo-pravitelstva.html. Retrieved 2018-05-13. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-05-16. line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
  8. ↑ "Pashinyan Appoints New Minister of Emergency Situations - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations". Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  9. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-05-16. line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
  10. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-05-16. line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
  11. ↑ "Տրանսպորտի, կապի եւ ՏՏ նոր նախարարը նախկինում ՀՔԾ քննիչ է եղել (ֆոտո)". news.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2018-05-13.
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