Civil Contract nominates committee chairs![]() July 29, 2026 - 17:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The executive board of Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party has selected its candidates for the chairs of the National Assembly's standing committees through a closed and secret ballot. Prime Minister and party chairman Nikol Pashinyan announced the decision during a briefing after the party board meeting, Armenpress reports. The Civil Contract executive board decided to recommend the following candidates to the party's parliamentary faction for the positions of standing committee chairs: Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs — Nazeli Baghdasaryan Standing Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sports — Sisak Gabrielyan Standing Committee on Health — Lusine Badalyan Standing Committee on European Integration — Sona Ghazaryan Standing Committee on Foreign Relations — Sargis Khandanyan Standing Committee on Defense and Security — Vilen Gabrielyan Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs — Zaruhi Batoyan Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs — Arusyak Julhakyan Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration — Trdat Sargsyan Standing Committee on Territorial Administration and Environmental Protection — Vahe Ghalumyan Standing Committee on Economic Affairs — Babken Tunyan Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Affairs — Tsovinar Vardanyan According to the final election results, the parliamentary seat distribution is as follows: Civil Contract — 64 seats, Strong Armenia — 29 seats, and Hayastan Alliance — 12 seats. Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news |