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    ARMENIAN PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW GOVERNMENT

    YEREVAN, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
    on Wednesday signed decrees to appoint members of the country's new
    government, the presidential press service announced.

    No significant changes were made in the government, with only three
    ministers replaced and others retaining their previous posts.

    Former chief of Armenian government staff, David Sargsyan, became the
    country's new finance minister, while Vahram Avanesyan, who served
    as economics minister in 1996-1997, was again reappointed to the post.

    Yuri Vardanyan, the 1980 Olympic weightlifting champion and seven-time
    world champion, became the minister of youth and sport.

    The appointments were made on recommendations from the ruling
    Republican Party of Armenia, whose executive body convened on Tuesday
    for discussions on the issue.

    In accordance with the Armenian constitution, the president accepted
    the government's resignation on the day he was sworn in for a new term,
    on April 9. He was to appoint the new premier within ten days and form
    the government within 20 days after the prime minister's appointment.

    On April 19 the president signed a decree to reappoint Tigran Sargsyan
    as the country's prime minister.

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