Armenian Colonel Gevorg Mkheyan has been appointed the country’s new Republican Military Commissar as part of a series of military personnel changes.

President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the appointment decrees on the proposal of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, according to news.am.

Under the changes, Colonel Gegham Martirosyan has been appointed Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Special Army Corps.

Artsvik Grigoryan has been relieved of his position as Deputy Commander of the Army’s Special Operations Corps and appointed Deputy Commander of the Special Army Corps.

Mkheyan replaces Aren Sargsyan. Since March, when Sargsyan was dismissed from the post, Mkheyan had served as acting Republican Military Commissar.