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Gagik Vanoyan dismissed as head of State Protocol Service

First reported by News.am: 10:49

Updated 14:37, 22 sources

Politics. Photo: primeminister.am, cropped
Photo: primeminister.am, cropped

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision on October 19 dismissing Gagik Vanoyan from the post of head of the State Protocol Service. The decision was made under Part 7 of Article 9 of the Law on Public Service. The reasons for the dismissal have not been made public. According to one source, Vanoyan had been appointed to the post on December 13, 2022.

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  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  3. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  4. 24news.am (Opposition)
  5. Tert.am (Opposition)
  6. CivilNet (Balanced)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  9. Hraparak (Opposition)
  10. Mediahub (Opposition)
  11. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  12. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  13. Politik.am (Opposition)
  14. Ararat News (Balanced)
  15. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  16. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  17. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  18. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  19. Panorama (Opposition)
  20. Aravot (Balanced)
  21. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  22. Alphanews.am (Opposition)

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