YEREVAN. - Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan has been elected First Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).

This decision was made at the session of the RPA Board on Thursday, Spokesperson for RPA Eduard Sharmazanov noted.

''Speaker of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan has been elected Chairman of our Council of Elders. [Mayor of Yerevan] Taron Margaryan has been elected the head of the Yerevan branch. [NA Deputy Speaker] Hermine Naghdalyan has been re-elected the head of the RPA Women's Council,'' he said.