Ministry of Justice (Armenia)
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The Ministry of Justice of Armenia (Հայաստանի արդարադատության նախարարություն) is an Armenian government agency which possesses executive authority and executes policies of the Government of Armenia in sectors that are closely associated with laws and regulations. The ministry oversees the operations of the following agencies:[1]
- Compulsory Enforcement Service
- Penitentiary Service
- Probation Service
The ministry was founded in 1920 under the government of the newly formed Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
History
In 1920, the Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR founded the People's Commissariat of Justice, which began to control the Armenian prosecutor's office in December 1923. The Communist Party of Armenia was in-active from 1930 to 1933, of which during those three years, the justice system of Armenia was administered by the Procurator General of the Soviet Union and the Supreme Court of the USSR. In 1936, the prosecutor's office and the investigative bodies were separated from the People's Court of Justice, and the People's Commissariat was reorganized into the Ministry of Justice. It operated until 1959, when it's functions were exercised by the Supreme Court until the 1970s. By ordee of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 2, 1970, the Ministry of Justice of the Armenian SSR was reestablished and became the precursor to the Ministry of Justice of Armenia which was founded in 1991, following the USSR's demise.
List of ministers
First Republic of Armenia
Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes |
Artashes Chilingaryan | May 5, 1920 | Autumn 1920 | |
Abraham Gyulkhandanyan | August 10, 1919 | Spring, 1920 | |
Arsham Khondkaryan | 1919 | 1919 | |
Harutyun Tsshkyan | April 27, 1919 | 1919 | |
Samson Harutyunyan | November 4, 1918 | Spring 1919 | |
Grigor Ter-Petrosyan | May 28, 1918 | November 4, 1918 |
People's Candidates and Ministers of Justice of the Soviet Socialists of Armenia
Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes |
S. Baghdasaryan | 1920 | 1921 | |
Artashes Karinyan | 1921 | 1921 | |
A. Shahverdyan | 1921 | 1921 | |
Danush Shahverdyan | 1922 | 1923 | |
L. Vardanyan | 1924 | 1927 | |
Zarmar Ashrafyan | 1927 | 1929 | |
A. Hovsepyan | 1929 | 1929 | |
Sargis Khanoyan | 1929 | 1930 | |
P. Torosyan | 1933 | 1936 | |
A. Hovsepyan | 1936 | 1938 | |
A. Husseinzade Ali Mammadov | 1938 | 1941 | |
C. Nazaryan | 1941 | 1948 | People's Commissar of Justice was renamed Justice Minister |
A. Karapetyan | 1951 | 1951 | |
H Meghloryan | 1951 | 1959 | |
Artavazd Gevorgyan | January 1970 | January 1985 | |
Armen Ashrafyan | 1986 | 1986 |
Justice Ministers of the Republic of Armenia
Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes |
Vahe Stepanyan[2] | November 1990 | February 1996 | |
Marat Alexanyan | February 1996 | 1998 | |
David Harutyunyan | 1998 | May 2007 | |
Gevorg Danielyan | May 2007 | December 9, 2010 | |
Hrayr Tovmasyan | December 17, 2010 | April 3, 2014 | |
Hovhannes Manukyan | April 30, 2014 | July 14, 2015 | |
Arpine Hovhannisyan[3][4] | September 4, 2015 | 2017 | First female Justice Minister |
David Harutyunyan[5] | 2017 | 2018 | |
Artak Zeynalyan[6] | 2018 | present |
See also
- Justice ministry
- Հայաստանի արդարադատության նախարար (Minister of Justice of Armenia)
- ՀՀ արդարադատության նախարարություն (Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia)
- Politics of Armenia
References
- ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Structure - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ FBIS Report: Central Eurasia. The Service. 1992.
- ↑ "Arpine Hovhannisyan appointed Armenia's Justice Minister". news.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ "Armenia's justice minister sacked". www.tert.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "PM Karapetyan introduces newly appointed Minister of Justice Davit Harutyunyan". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.