Second Pashinyan government

Second government of Nikol Pashinyan
17th government of Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan (2019)
Date formed	14 January 2019 (2019-01-14)
Date dissolved	2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
People and organisations
Head of state	Armen Sarkissian
Head of government	Nikol Pashinyan
Deputy head of government	Tigran Avinyan Mher Grigoryan
Member party	My Step Alliance
Status in legislature	Majority 88 / 132 (66%)
Opposition parties	Prosperous Armenia Bright Armenia
History
Election	2018 Armenian parliamentary election
Predecessor	First Pashinyan government
Successor	Third Pashinyan 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]}

Structure

Governing staff

Office [5]	Name	Image	Party		Since	Until
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 [6]
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

References

1. "New parliament chooses Nikol Pashinyan to remain Prime Minister". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
2. "New Armenian government will have 12 ministries, instead of 17". news.am. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
3. LLC, Helix Consulting. "Number of ministries cuts down in Armenia as government approves new structure". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
4. "New Armenian Government Structure Approved". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան (in Armenian). Retrieved 2019-03-08.
5. "Government - Structure - The Government of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
6. "Grigoryan, Avinyan Appointed Deputy Prime Ministers". Hetq.am. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
7. "Armenian Minister of Justice Resigns". Hetq. 7 June 2019.
8. "Armenia: President axes Minister of Environment". panarmenian.net. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.