ArmInfo. By the decision of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Chairman of the State Forestry Committee of the Ministry of Nature Protection Mikael Manukyan was dismissed. This is reported on the website of the Government of Armenia.
Mikael Manukyan on the eve filed a letter of resignation. During the early elections of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, he headed the ARF Dashnaktsutyun electoral list. By the decisions of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Vice-Governor of Tavush region Vardan Aleksanyan and Vice-Governor of Ararat region Ayrapet Babayan were also dismissed.
Earlier today, at the meeting, the Government of Armenia relieved all governors representing Prosperous Armenia and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parties from their positions. On the night of October 3, Armenian President Armen Sargsyan, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, signed decrees on the dismissal of six ministers who represented these two parties in the government.