Armenian vice-speaker dismissed following speaker and police chief

Armen Gevorkyan, Armenian Vice-Speaker of Parliament and Minister for Territorial Administration, has resigned, Interfax reports.

Vestnik Kavkaza reported earlier that Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Ovik Abramyan had resigned on Tuesday. When asked about possible resignation, Abramyan said he had not discussed the issue, Gazeta.ru reports.

President Serzh Sargsyan offered him to head the electoral headquarters of the ruling party during the coming parliamentary polls.

The Armenian police chief was dismissed earlier. There were other major staff reshuffles. Yerevan's mayor announced his resignation last week to become deputy head of Gazprom.