The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia () is a government agency tasked for supervising the

public procurator A public procurator () is an officer of a state charged with both the investigation and prosecution of crime. The office is a feature of a civil law inquisitorial rather than common law adversarial system. Countries such as Japan, China, Russi ...

system in

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, exercising its authority through the Prosecutor General of Armenia. It oversees the enforcement of

Armenian law Armenian law ( hy, Հայ իրավունք), that being the modern Legal system of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի իրավական համակարգ), is a system of law acted in Armenia. History of law in Armenia The modern legal system of Arm ...

by law enforcement agencies such as 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 ...

and the National Security Service. The office is located on 5

Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan ( hy, Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1 ...

Street,

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

. The current Prosecutor General is Anna Vardapetyan.

History

The Prosecutor General's Office of the

First Republic of Armenia The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն), was the first modern Armenian state since the loss of Armenian statehood in the Middle ...

began to operate on 6 December 1918, when the ruling council adopted the law "On the application of the laws of the former

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on the territory of Armenia”. In December 1922, the

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began to create its own governmental institutions and legal systems. During this period, a prosecutor’s office in the

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, with a subdivision of that office being created in the

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , conventional_long_name = Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , common_name = Transcaucasian SFSR , p1 = Armenian Soviet Socialist RepublicArmenian SSR , flag_p1 = Flag of SSRA ...

(which was one of the predecessors to what is now

) was established. On 20 July 1933, the Office of Public Procurator of the USSR was founded by a joint decision of the

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union The All-Union Central Executive Committee (russian: Всесоюзный Центральный исполнительный комитет, Vsesoyuznyy Tsentral'nyy ispolnitel'nyy komitet) was the most authoritative governing body of the USSR d ...

and the

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, which resulted in the creation of republican affiliate units in

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. On 27 February 1959, a board was established in the Soviet prosecutor’s office headed by the chief prosecutor of the

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

. On 5 July 1995, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the first

Constitution of Armenia The Constitution of Armenia was adopted by a nationwide Armenian referendum on July 5, 1995. This constitution established Armenia as a democratic, sovereign, social, and constitutional state. Yerevan is defined as the state's capital. Power is ...

was adopted. As a result, an independent military and prosecutor's office was established on 5 October of that year. The agency became a full member of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General of the

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in 1999 and became a member of th
International Association of Prosecutors
and th
Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe
in 2005.

Organizational structure

The office has the following organizational structure: *Central office **Investigation department for **Supervision department **Department for Charge Defense and Appealing of Judicial Acts **Public security department **Department for the protection of state interests **Legal department **Department for international legal cooperation **Department for corruption and economic crimes **Department of organization legal assistance **IT department **Secretariat **Protocol department **Division of public relations **Internal audit division **Staff management division **Organizational division **Statistics and analysis division *Military Prosecutor **Investigation division **Supervision division **Division for the protection of state interests *Garrison offices **

Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office **

Goris Goris ( hy, Գորիս) is a town and the centre of the urban community of Goris, in Syunik Province at the south of Armenia. Located in the valley of the Goris (or Vararak) River, it is 254 km from the Armenian capital Yerevan and 67 km ...

Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office ** Lori Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office ** Sevan Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office ** Shirak Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office **

Yeghegnadzor Yeghegnadzor ( hy, Եղեգնաձոր) is a town and urban municipal community in southern Armenia, serving as the provincial capital of Vayots Dzor Province. It is located at a road distance of 123 km south of the capital Yerevan, on the s ...

Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office **Garrison № 1 Military Prosecutor’s Office **Garrison № 2 Military Prosecutor’s Office **Garrison № 3 Military Prosecutor’s Office *City of Yerevan prosecutors offices: **Prosecutor's Office of

City **Prosecutor's Office of the Avan and Nor-Nork Districts **Prosecutor's Office of the Malatia-Sebastia District **Prosecutor's Office of the Ajapnyak and Davtashen Districts **Prosecutor's Office of the Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun Districts **Prosecutor's Office of the Erebuni and Nubarashen Districts **Prosecutor's Office of the Kentron and Nork-Marash Districts **Prosecutor's Office of Shengavit Administrative District *Regional prosecutor's offices: **Prosecutor's Office of

Aragatsotn Region Aragatsotn ( hy, wikt:Արագածոտն, Արագածոտն, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''Marz (country subdivision), marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city ...

**Prosecutor's Office of

Ararat Region Ararat ( hy, wikt:Արարատ, Արարատ, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz (territorial entity), marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat, Armenia, Artashat. The province is named ...

**Prosecutor's Office of

Armavir Region Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...

**Prosecutor's Office of

Gegharkunik Region Gegharkunik ( hy, wikt:Գեղարքունիք, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik Province is located at t ...

**Prosecutor's Office of

Kotayk Region Kotayk ( hy, wikt:Կոտայք, Կոտայք, ), is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abo ...

**Prosecutor's Office of

Shirak Region Shirak ( hy, wikt:Շիրակ, Շիրակ, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia (country), Geor ...

**Prosecutor's Office of Lori Region **Prosecutor's Office of

Syunik Region Syunik ( hy, wikt:Սյունիք, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost administrative divisions of Armenia, province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to th ...

**Prosecutor's Office of

Vayots Dzor Region Vayots Dzor ( hy, wikt:Վայոց Ձոր, Վայոց Ձոր, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') of Armenia. It lies at the southeastern end of the country, bordering the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan excl ...

**Prosecutor's Office of Tavush Region *Territorial divisions

List of Prosecutors General

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(1971–1988) *

Vladimir Nazaryan Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukra ...

(1988–1990) * Artavazd Gevorgyan (1990–1997) *

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(1997–1998) * Zhirayr Kharatyan (1998) *

Aghvan Hovsepyan Aghvan Garniki Hovsepyan ( hy, Աղվան Գառնիկի Հովսեփյան; born January 7, 1953) is an Armenian jurist and politician who served two terms as Prosecutor General of Armenia The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia () is a govern ...

(1998–1999) *

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(1999–2001) *

Aram Tamazyan Aram may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Aram (film), ''Aram'' (film), 2002 French action drama * Aram, a fictional character in Japanese manga series ''MeruPuri'' * Aram Quartet, an Italian music group * Aram (Kural book), ''Aram'' (Kural b ...

(2001–2004) *

(2004—2013) * Gevorg Kostanyan (2013–2016) *

Artur Davtyan Artur Davtyan ( hy, Արթուր Դավթյան, born August 8, 1992) is an Armenian gymnast. He is a member of the Armenia national team in gymnastics. Davtyan is a bronze medalist in the men's vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, World Cha ...

(2016–2022) * Anna Vardapetyan (2022–present)

Sources

External links

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History

Organizational structure

List of Prosecutors General

See also

Sources

External links