Andranik Markaryan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Մարգարյան) (born June 12, 1951) has been Prime Minister of Armenia since May 12, 2000. He is a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. In Armenia the Prime Minister is appointed by the President. He succeeded the Sarkissian brothers: Vasgen Sarkissian, who was murdered by gunmen on October 27, 1999 in the Armenian parliament building and Aram Sarkissian, who was appointed a week later but fired on May 2, 2000.
The reserved reception to the appointment of AndranikMarkaryan as Prime Minister is in part explained by a lack of faith in the position itself.
In choosing Markaryan, President Kocharian evidently put a higher value on the prime minister’s ability to negotiate and provide an effective link between the President’s office and parliament, to help put an end to their frequent confrontations, than on his economic skills.
Economic observers have noted that the most realistic part of Markaryan’s economic program is his description of the difficult social and economic conditions pervading in the country.
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