ARMENIAN DEFENCE MINISTER CONFIRMED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER
Agence France Presse — English
April 4, 2007 Wednesday 4:11 PM GMT
Armenian President Robert Kocharian on Wednesday confirmed former
defence minister Serge Sarkisian as the country’s new prime minister,
the president’s press office said in a statement.
The ruling Republican party nominated Sarkisian, a close ally of
Kocharian and a favourite to replace the president in 2008, for the
post on Monday.
He succeeds Andranik Margarian, who died of a heart attack on March
25 after seven years as prime minister.
Like Kocharian, Sarkisian is from the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh and fought in the 1988-1994 war in which Armenia seized the
enclave from Azerbaijan.
Sarkisian also chairs the Republican party’s ruling council and
is expected to play a key role in the party’s campaign for May 12
parliamentary elections.
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