Ministry of Justice (Armenia)


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:
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.

List of ministers

First Republic of Armenia

People's Candidates and Ministers of Justice of the Soviet Socialists of Armenia

Justice Ministers of the Republic of Armenia

NameAppointedDismissedNotes
Vahe StepanyanNovember 1990February 1996
Marat AleksanianFebruary 19961998
David Harutyunyan1998May 2007
Gevorg DanielyanMay 2007December 9, 2010
December 17, 2010April 3, 2014
Hovhannes ManukyanApril 30, 2014July 14, 2015
Arpine HovhannisyanSeptember 4, 20152017First female Justice Minister
David Harutyunyan20172018
Artak Zeynalyan2018March 2019
Rustam BadasianMarch 2019present