Karen Grigory Sargsyan ( hy, Կարեն Գրիգորի Սարգսյան; born 18 December 1980) is the former

Minister of Internal Affairs Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

of the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...

.ARKA News Agency
- "Artsakh president appoints chief of police and head of emergency service", 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- "Separatist leader rejects Karabakh's status within Azerbaijan", 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021. The ministry was disbanded along with the Artsakh government on 1 January 2024.

Career

From 2004 to 2014 he served in the republic's State Tax Service. From then until 2017 he served in a variety of task forces by decree of the

President of Artsakh The president of Artsakh or president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is the head of state and head of government of the ''de facto'' Republic of Artsakh. In a constitutional referendum held in 2017, citizens of the Republic voted in favor o ...

Bako Sahakyan Bako Sahaki Sahakyan ( hy, Բակո Սահակի Սահակյան; born 30 August 1960) is an Artsakhi politician who served as the third president of the ''de facto''-independent Republic of Artsakh from 2007 to 2020. He is the longest-serving p ...

. On 19 February 2019 he resigned or was dismissed from the post of representing the President at large.ArmInfo
- "Karen Sargsyan dismissed from the post of Artsakh President`s representative at large". Retrieved 28 March 2021. On 26 May 2020, the succeeding President,

Arayik Harutyunyan Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan ( hy, Արայիկ Վլադիմիրի Հարությունյան; born 14 December 1973) is an Armenian politician who has been serving as the President of Artsakh since 2020. He was formerly the 1st State Minister fr ...

, appointed Sargsyan as the Director of the

State Service of Emergency Situations The State Service of Emergency Situations ( hy, Արտակարգ իրավիճակների պետական ծառայություն, translit=Artakarg iravichakneri petakan tsarrayut’yun) was the emergencies and civil defense ministry of the unre ...

.Armenian Press
- Appointment as Director of State Service of Emergency Situations. Retrieved 31 March 2021. On 26 January 2021 by decree of the President and head of the Government of Artsakh, Sargsyan was appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs.Official website of the government of the Republic of Artsakh
- Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2021. The ministry had responsibilities in the areas of policing, fire and rescue, monitoring seismic activity and emergency response. Colonel Artyom Harutyunyan is the Chief of Police. On 20 February 2021, a delegation led by Andranik Piloyan, the Minister of Emergency Situations of

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

, paid an official visit to the Republic of Artsakh. They were met by the President of Artsakh, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and by Mekhak Arzumanyan, the Director of the State Emergency Service of the Republic of Artsakh.Iravaban TV
- "The President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan received the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia Andranik Piloyan: Artsakh SESS", 22 February 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021. The two sides discussed cooperation between the two republics and how to respond to emergency situations.Official website of the Ministry of Emergency Situation of Armenia
- "Minister of Emergency Situations of RA Andranik Piloyan paid a working visit to Artsakh". Retrieved 28 March 2021. He was working with the President to discover the fate of the missing servicemen and civilians and to return the prisoners of war from Azerbaijan.Chap.am
- "President of Artsakh receives several families of missing servicemen"m 11 February 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021. On 26 March 2021, the Minister dealt with a complaint concerning alleged stone throwing by Azeri servicemen on the Sarushen-Karmir village road. He handed photographic evidence to General Rustam Muradov of the Russian peacekeeping service.Republic of Armenia Public Television
- "Artsakh police reports about incident between Armenians and Azerbaijanis on Sarushen-Karmir village road". 26 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

Personal life

Sargsyan was born in

Stepanakert / az, Xankəndi, italic=no , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = File:StepanakertCollage.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = From top left: Holy Mother ...

. He is married with four children. In 2003, he graduated from

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...

with a

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in law. He completed his post graduate education at the Public Administration Academy before undertaking his military service.

References

{{Commons 1980 births Living people Government ministers of the Republic of Artsakh People from Stepanakert Yerevan State University alumni