The Ministry of Internal Affairs () is the Armenian government

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which oversees the

Police of Armenia The Police of the Republic of Armenia () is the national police of Armenia. The acting head is Vahe Ghazaryan, in office since 8 June 2020. History Soviet era The first police service of Armenia was formed in 1918, under the Ministry of Intern ...

, the Migration and Citizenship Service, and the Rescue Service. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, appointed by the decree of the

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. The minister in charge has been Vahe Ghazaryan since 9 January 2023.

History

First ministry

On 21 June 1992, President

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...

created the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the former Soviet Armenian Interior Ministry and the

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. It operated until December 2002, when the ministry was reorganized into the Police of Armenia.

Reformation

In 2019, the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

recommended the re-establishment of the ministry as part of the government's three-year strategy of police reforms. In 2021, Prime Minister

Nikol Pashinian Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan ( hy, Նիկոլ Վովայի Փաշինյան, ; born 1 June 1975) is an Armenian politician serving as the prime minister of Armenia since 8 May 2018. A journalist by profession, Pashinyan founded his own newspaper in ...

announced plans to recreate the Interior Ministry. On 24 November 2022, during a regular Cabinet meeting chaired by Pashinyan a draft law on the reestablishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was adopted, with the Ministry of Emergency Situations ceasing its activities according to the transition schedule. In December, the

National Assembly of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...

approved a government proposal to set up the ministry. Pashinyan noted that the purpose of the creation of the interior ministry was aimed at “increasing the effectiveness of the work of the police” and the move was supported by

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, one of whom said that it would increase “democratic oversight” of the police.

List of ministers

References

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History

First ministry

Reformation

List of ministers

See also

References