The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի ներքին գործերի նախարարություն) also known as the Ministry of the Interior was an official government agency of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, serving as the executive law enforcement body in the state. It follows an organization similar to that of the Police of Armenia. Following an Azerbaijani assault on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024.[1]

Predecessors and pre-history

After Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was formed within the Azerbaijan SSR, there became a need to form a new police force. On 4 August 1923, the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was established. In the years following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic created its own police force, with the local National Assembly adopting in 2001, the law "On Police".[2]

Modern ministry

On 25 January 2021, Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan signed a decree to combine the Police and State Emergency Service into a new Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3][4] On 11 March 2014, Police Day in Artsakh was declared to be celebrated on 16 April.

List of heads

The following is a list of heads from 1990–Present:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024 - Nagorno-Karabakh authorities". Reuters. 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Պատմություն - ԱՐՑԱԽԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՈՍՏԻԿԱՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ". www.police.nkr.am. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Artsakh Gets New Ministry of Internal Affairs". Hetq.am.
  4. ↑ "PanARMENIAN.Net - Mobile". panarmenian.net.
  5. ↑ Official website of the government of the Republic of Artsakh - Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2021.


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