Flag of ArmeniaYEREVAN, Jan 30 Candidate for the presidency of Armenia from the ruling Civil Contract party «The country's Minister of High-Tech Industry Vahagn Khachatryan will be nominated,» Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time), which was headed by the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for many years, reported on Sunday. The current President of Armenia Armen Sargsyan announced his resignation on January 23. As the main reason, he indicated the lack of proper powers that do not allow the head of state to influence the fundamental processes of foreign and domestic policy.» The «civil contract» fell on the minister of high-tech industry, non-partisan Vahagn Khachatryan,» the newspaper's website reports. In the early 90s, Khachatryan was the mayor of Yerevan and was a member of parliament. He was appointed Minister of High-Tech Industry in August 2021.
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