On April 4 Armenian President Robert Kocharian singed an order on dismissing Serzh Sargsyan from the post of RA Defense Minister and appointing him on the post of RA Prime Minister, the presidential Press Office reports. By another order Serzh Sargsyan was dismissed from the post of Acting Secretary, National Security Council under the President of the Republic of Armenia.

The late Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margaryan died March 25 in the result of sudden heart attack.