Ministry of Justice of Armenia
Հայաստանի արդարադատության նախարարություն
Agency overview
Formed7 August 1918[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of Armenia
HeadquartersYerevan, Armenia
Minister responsible
Websitemoj.am

The Ministry of Justice of Armenia (Armenian: 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:[2]

  • Compulsory Enforcement Service
  • Penitentiary Service
  • Probation Service

The ministry was founded in 1918 by the government of Hovhannes Kajaznuni of the newly-formed Republic of Armenia.

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 its functions were exercised by the Supreme Court until the 1970s. By order 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.

The Ministry also oversees the registration of political parties in Armenia. As of March 2021, there are 91 political parties that are registered with the Ministry of Justice.[3]

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 Chmshkyan 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

The Ministry of Justice in Yerevan
Name Appointed Dismissed Notes
Vahe Stepanyan[4] November 1990 February 1996
Marat Aleksanian 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[5][6] September 4, 2015 2017 First female Justice Minister
David Harutyunyan[7] 2017 2018
Artak Zeynalyan[8] 2018 March 2019
Rustam Badasian[9] March 2019 August 3, 2021
Karen Andreasyan August 3, 2021 October 5, 2022
Grigor Minasyan December 26, 2022 present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History - Ministry".
  2. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Structure - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. ↑ "HOW MANY PARTIES ARE THERE IN ARMENIA AT THE MOMENT?". hraparak.am. 19 March 2021.
  4. ↑ FBIS Report: Central Eurasia. The Service. 1992.
  5. ↑ "Arpine Hovhannisyan appointed Armenia's Justice Minister". news.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Armenia's justice minister sacked". www.tert.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "PM Karapetyan introduces newly appointed Minister of Justice Davit Harutyunyan". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  8. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Team Members - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  9. ↑ New Armenian Justice Minister Appointed
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