The Ministry of Justice of Armenia () 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:
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.
List of ministers
First Republic of Armenia Name Appointed Dismissed NotesGrigor Ter-PetrosyanMay 28, 1918November 4, 1918Harutyun ChmshkyanApril 27, 19191919Samson HarutyunyanNovember 4, 1918Spring 1919Arsham Khondkaryan19191919Abraham GyulkhandanyanAugust 10, 1919Spring, 1920Artashes ChilingaryanMay 5, 1920Autumn 1920
People's Commissars and Ministers of Justice of the Armenian SSR Source: Name Appointed Dismissed NotesSargis Baghdasaryan6 December 192029 December 1920Süleyman NuriJanuary 192117 February 19218 April 19219 May 192121 May 1921September 192117 September 192123 September 1922Danush Shahverdyan23 September 192219 November 192319 November 192324 April 192724 April 192730 March 192930 March 192921 November 192921 November 1929December 1929In 1930, the commissariat was abolished28 January 19331 August 1936In 1933, the commissariat was reinstituted Armenak Hovsepyan1 August 193629 July 1937Rza Valibeyov4 October 19372 November 1937Habet Abajyan27 February 193810 July 193814 July 193827 December 1940Kajik Hakobyan3 January 19414 September 1941Garnik Nazaryan3 November 194120 February 1948People's Commissar of Justice was renamed Justice Minister24 February 194829 March 1951Aghasi Karapetyan29 March 1951March 1959In 1959, the ministry was abolished29 September 197015 March 1989Armen Ashrafyan11 May 1989November 1990
Ministers of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
NameAppointedDismissedNotesVahe StepanyanNovember 1990February 1996Marat AleksanianFebruary 19961998David Harutyunyan1998May 2007Gevorg DanielyanMay 2007December 9, 2010Hrayr TovmasyanDecember 17, 2010April 3, 2014Hovhannes ManukyanApril 30, 2014July 14, 2015Arpine HovhannisyanSeptember 4, 20152017First female Justice MinisterDavid Harutyunyan20172018Artak Zeynalyan2018March 2019Rustam BadasianNew Armenian Justice Minister AppointedMarch 2019August 3, 2021Karen AndreasyanAugust 3, 2021October 5, 2022Grigor MinasyanDecember 26, 2022November 4, 2024Srbuhi GalyanNovember 5, 2024Present
See also
Justice ministry Politics of Armenia
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