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RFE/RL: Armenian opposition leader formally appointed to be Prime Minister

Published May 8, 2018 at 9:04 pm

Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan (2ndR) attends a meeting with members of the Parliament in Yerevan on April 30, 2018.Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on April 30, 2018, was formally nominated for the post of prime minister by his supporters, inching closer to victory after two weeks of huge protests that transformed the country's political landscape.

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Armenia’s Prime Minister-elect Nikol Pashinian has met with President Armen Sarkisian, who formally signed into power Pashinian’s appointment.

The meeting on May 8 came hours after parliament elected Pashinian as the country’s prime minister in a 59 to 42 vote.