Armenian Prime Minister approved new Cabinet structure: who and how  many will have deputies

ArmInfo. On June 1, 2019, the Prime Minister of Armenia approved the staffing table of the ministries.

According to the official website of the RA government, the structure  of the new government is represented by 12 ministries. Previously,  the government consisted of 17 ministries. The number of ministries  headed by the government has decreased due to the merger of the three  ministries (education and science; culture; sports and youth issues)  into one ministry of education, science, culture and sports. The  Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, as well as  the transport unit from the Ministry of Transport, Communications and  Information Technologies will be part of the Ministry of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructures.

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology  will be renamed the Ministry of High-Tech Industry with the inclusion  of functions related to the digital economy and the military-  industrial complex. Instead of the Ministry of Diaspora, the  institution of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs under the  Prime Minister's Office will be implemented. The Ministry of  Agriculture unites with the Ministry of Economy into one single  organization - the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.  The Ministry of Nature Protection will be renamed the Ministry of the  Environment.

The six ministries in the new government structure will function  without name - the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the Ministry  of Healthcare, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Emergency  Situations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of  Finance. Major changes in the staffing of ministries almost did not  happen. Thus, the maximum number of established units of the  apparatus of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs will be 700.  The minister will have 4 deputies, of which 1 will be the first. The  number of assistants to the deputy minister is 4. The Ministry of  Healthcare will work 186 people, the number of deputies is 4 with 4  assistants. The staff of the first deputy minister is not provided.  The presence of the first deputy minister is not stipulated by the  staff list also in the Ministry of Emergency Situations and in the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The number of emergency workers will be  240 people, with 3 deputy ministers and 3 assistants. But the Foreign  Ministry will work 768 people, and the 4 Deputy Ministers will have 4  assistants.

In the super-ministry - education, science, culture and sports will  work 369 people. The staff of the first deputy minister is not  provided, but on the other hand, there will be six "usual"  deputy  ministers with 6 assistants. Another structure that "swallowed up"  the Ministry of Energy and a part of the Ministry of Transport will  function with 6 deputy ministers, but without the first deputy. The  department will employ 230 people, and the deputy minister will have  6 assistants. In the Ministry of Economy of Armenia, 464 people will  work, 6 deputies (without the first deputy minister) will have 6  assistants. The number of employees of the Ministry of Justice will  be 320 people. 4 deputies will have 4 assistants. The head of the  Ministry of Justice will be the first deputy minister. The first  deputy minister will also be at the Ministry of the Environment, in  addition to the first deputy, the head of the department will have  three more deputies (with 3 assistants). The Ministry will work 228  people.

The team of the high-tech industry minister will consist of 198  employees, a staff of three deputy ministers is planned with the same  number of assistants. 522 people will work in the Ministry of Finance  of Armenia.  The minister, in addition to the first deputy minister,  will have 3 more deputies. The number of assistants is 4. The office  of the Prime Minister had 600 staff members. Due to the fact that the  Ministry of Diaspora was also among the "optimized" state structures,  the successor of which will be the Office of the Chief Commissioner  for Diaspora Affairs included in the office of the Prime Minister,  the head of the Cabinet has increased. By the decision of the Prime  Minister, the charter of the Office of the Chief Commissioner for  Diaspora of the Prime Minister's Office was also approved.