On 22 September President Bako Sahakyan, guided by Paragraph 4 of Article 68 of the NKR Constitution signed a decree on appointing members of the state government. The decree established the following structure of the Cabinet of Ministers: Arthur Aghabekyan Nagorno Karabagh Republic vice prime-minister; Zoya Lazaryan minister of healthcare; Ararat Danielyan minister of justice; Levon Mnacakanyan minister of industrial infrastructures; Karen Mirzoyan minister of foreign affairs; Andranik Khachatryan minister of agriculture; Slavik Asryan minister of education and science; Narine Aghabalyan minister of culture and youth affairs Movses Hakobyan minister of defense; Narine Narimanyan minister of labor and social affairs; Karen Shahramanyan minister of municipal engineering; Spartak Tevosyan minister of finance and economy. According to other Presidential decrees Ararat Danielyan was released from the post of adviser to the NKR President, permanent representative of the President in the NKR National Assembly for his appointment as justice minister, Levon Grigoryan was released from the post of chairman of the state committee of real estate cadastre for his appointment as the head of NKR Cabinet of Ministers’ staff, Karlen Petrosyan was appointed chairman of the state committee of real estate cadastre adjunct to the government. CENTRAL INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE ARTSAKH REPUBLIC PRESIDENT

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