A council session of Armenia's ruling Republican Party (RPA) on Thursday, January 26 evening elected a new RPA board with 35 fresh members. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan was elected the party's first vice chairman, deputy parliament speaker Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters.

Karapetyan thus replaced former premier Hovik Abrahamyan who resigned as the country's PM in September, and announced about leaving the party just several days ago.

Public and political figure Mushegh Lalayan, parliament speaker Galust Sahakyan and former education minister Armen Ashotyan were also elected as vice chairmen of the party, Panorama.am reports.

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