Nikol Pashinyan makes first appointment

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first government appointment today, the press service of the country's government said

Pashinyan picked Eduard Aghajanyan as head of the Prime Minister's office, ARKA reported.

After a month of non-violent anti-government protests across the country Armenia's parliament on May 8 elected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to become the country's next prime minister. 

Lawmakers elected Pashinyan by a 59-42 vote after a leader of the ruling Republican Party, Vahram Baghdasarian, announced his party would give Pashinyan 11 votes, which helped put him over the top.