| Agency Name: | Ministry of Justice of Armenia |
| Nativename: | Armenian: Հայաստանի արդարադատության նախարարություն |
| Headquarters: | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Formed: | August 7, 1918[1] |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Armenia |
| Minister1 Name: | Grigor Minasyan |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Justice |
The Ministry of Justice of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի արդարադատության նախարարություն) 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:[2]
The ministry was founded in 1918 by the government of Hovhannes Kajaznuni of the newly-formed Republic of Armenia.
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.[3]
| Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artashes Chilingaryan | May 5, 1920 | Autumn 1920 | ||
| Abraham Gyulkhandanyan | August 10, 1919 | Spring, 1920 | ||
| Arsham Khondkaryan | 1919 | 1919 | ||
| Harutyun Chmshkyan | April 27, 1919 | 1919 | ||
| Samson Harutyunyan | November 4, 1918 | Spring 1919 | ||
| Grigor Ter-Petrosyan | May 28, 1918 | November 4, 1918 |
| Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Baghdasaryan | 1920 | 1921 | ||
| Artashes Karinyan | 1921 | 1921 | ||
| A. Shahverdyan | 1921 | 1921 | ||
| Danush Shahverdyan | 1922 | 1923 | ||
| L. Vardanyan | 1924 | 1927 | ||
| Zarmayr Ashrafyan | 1927 | 1929 | ||
| A. Hovsepyan | 1929 | 1929 | ||
| Sargis Khanoyan | 1929 | 1930 | ||
| P. Torosyan | 1933 | 1936 | ||
| A. Hovsepyan | 1936 | 1938 | ||
| A. Husseinzade Ali Mammadov | 1938 | 1941 | ||
| C. Nazaryan | 1941 | 1948 | People's Commissar of Justice was renamed Justice Minister | |
| A. Karapetyan | 1951 | 1951 | ||
| H. Meghloryan | 1951 | 1959 | ||
| Artavazd Gevorgyan | January 1970 | January 1985 | ||
| Armen Ashrafyan | 1986 | 1986 |
| Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vahe Stepanyan[4] | November 1990 | February 1996 | ||
| Marat Aleksanian | February 1996 | 1998 | ||
| David Harutyunyan | 1998 | May 2007 | ||
| Gevorg Danielyan | May 2007 | December 9, 2010 | ||
| Hrayr Tovmasyan | December 17, 2010 | April 3, 2014 | ||
| Hovhannes Manukyan | April 30, 2014 | July 14, 2015 | ||
| Arpine Hovhannisyan[5] [6] | September 4, 2015 | 2017 | First female Justice Minister | |
| David Harutyunyan[7] | 2017 | 2018 | ||
| Artak Zeynalyan[8] | 2018 | March 2019 | ||
| Rustam Badasian[9] | March 2019 | August 3, 2021 | ||
| Karen Andreasyan | August 3, 2021 | October 5, 2022 | ||
| Grigor Minasyan | December 26, 2022 | present |