Armenia’s deputy defense minister dismissed

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree on relieving Ara Nazaryan from the post of deputy defense minister, the president’s press service said.

He worked in the defense ministry since 1994, starting as an employee of the Investigation Department of the Military Police. In 1998-2000 he worked as a lawyer for a public organization. In 2002 he became an advisor to the chairman of the Public Service Council of the Republic of Armenia.

Nazaryan served deputy defense minister since June 2007, ARKA reported.