Cabinet Name: | Second government of Nikol Pashinyan |
Jurisdiction: | Armenia |
Cabinet Number: | 17th |
Government Head: | Nikol Pashinyan |
Deputy Government Head: | Tigran Avinyan Mher Grigoryan |
State Head: | Armen Sarkissian |
Political Parties: | My Step Alliance (Civil Contract, Mission) |
Legislature Status: | Majority government |
Opposition Parties: | Prosperous Armenia Bright Armenia |
Election: | 2018 Armenian parliamentary election |
Previous: | First Pashinyan government |
Successor: | Third Pashinyan government |
Cabinet Type: | government |
The Second Pashinyan government was the executive branch of the government of Armenia from 14 January 2019 to 2 August 2021. Nikol Pashinyan was appointed Prime Minister by President Armen Sarkissian on 14 January 2019, after My Step Alliance's decisive victory in the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election.[1]
The Government was formed by the My Step Alliance, which consisted of the Civil Contract Party and the much smaller Mission Party.
The National Assembly approved a reduction to 12 ministries from the previous 17.[2] [3] [4]
Office[5] | Name | Image | Party | Since | Until | |
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Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan | Civil Contract | 14 January 2019 | |||
Deputy Prime Minister | Tigran Avinyan | Civil Contract | 16 January 2019[6] | |||
Mher Grigoryan | Independent | 16 January 2019 | ||||
Minister of Defence | David Tonoyan | Independent | 19 January 2019 | 20 November 2020 | ||
Vagharshak Harutiunyan | Independent | 20 November 2020 | 3 August 2021 | |||
Minister of Economy | Tigran Khachatryan (hy) | Independent | 19 January 2019 | 26 November 2020 | ||
Vahan Kerobyan (hy) | Independent | 26 November 2020 | ||||
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport | Arayik Harutyunyan (hy) | Civil Contract | 19 January 2019 | 23 November 2020 | ||
Vahram Dumanyan (hy) | Independent | 23 November 2020 | ||||
Minister of Emergency Situations | Feliks Tsolakyan | Independent | 19 January 2019 | 20 November 2020 | ||
Andranik Piloyan (hy) | Independent | 20 November 2020 | ||||
Minister of Finance | Atom Janjughazyan (hy) | Independent | 19 January 2019 | |||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Zohrab Mnatsakanyan | Independent | 19 January 2019 | 16 November 2020 | ||
Ara Ayvazyan | Independent | 18 November 2020 | 27 May 2021 | |||
Minister of Health | Anahit Avanesian | Civil Contract | January 2021 | |||
Minister of Justice | Artak Zeynalyan | Hanrapetutyun | 19 January 2019 | 7 June 2019[7] | ||
Rustam Badasyan | Independent | 19 June 2019 | ||||
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Zaruhi Batoyan | Civil Contract | 19 January 2019 | 20 November 2020 | ||
Mesrop Arakelyan (hy) | Mission Party | 20 November 2020 | 23 April 2021 | |||
Minister of Environment | Erik Grigoryan (hy) | Independent | 19 January 2019 | 5 May 2020[8] | ||
Romanos Petrosyan (hy) | Civil Contract | 31 July 2020 | ||||
Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure | Suren Papikyan (hy) | Civil Contract | 19 January 2019 | |||
Minister of High-Tech Industry | Hakob Arshakyan (hy) | Civil Contract | 19 January 2019 | 2 April 2021 | ||
Hayk Chobanyan (hy) | Independent | 2 April 2021 | ||||