STEPANAKERT. – President of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR), Bako Sahakyan, on Monday signed several decrees.

The Presidential decrees established the following composition of the Artsakh Cabinet of Ministers:

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:

National Security Service

Police

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.

Also, 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 domain 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 has been established, which is the legal successor of the former Administration of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Certain subdivisions of the former Administration of the Cabinet of Ministers have been included within various bodies. The Social-Economic Department as well as subdivisions functioning in the domain of territorial administration has been included in the staff of the Minister of State. The Departments of Real Estate Cadastre and State Property Management, Geodesy and Land State Inspection have been included into the structure of the Ministry of Economy and Industrial Infrastructures. Department of Housing Affairs and Resettlement as well as the Migration Division have been included into the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Resettlement.

In correspondence with the new functions, the statutes and structures of the President’s Office as well as the Administration of the Governmental Affairs have been approved. 

By another Presidential decree, a new order of organizing governmental activities has been defined.

On the same day, the NKR President signed decrees also on appointing Deputy Head of the President’s Office Arayik Lazaryan as head of the Administration of Governmental Affairs of the President’s Office-First Deputy Head of the President’s Office. Deputy Minister of Justice Karen Danielyan was appointed deputy head of the President’s Office-Head of the State-Legal Department, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.