Upon the decision of Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, on 2 April, Margarita Azaryan, who held the office of Head of the Department for Personnel and Human Resources Management of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, has been dismissed from office.

“Guided by point 1 of part 1 of Article 37 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On civil service”, to dismiss Margarita Azaryan from the office of Head of the Department for Personnel and Human Resources Management of the Staff of the Prime Minister,” the Prime Minister’s decision reads.

Margarita Azaryan is the mother of Director of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan.