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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Armenia)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (Armenian: Ներքին գործերի նախարարություն, romanized: Nerk’in gortseri nakhararut’yun) is the Armenian government ministry which oversees the Police of Armenia, the Migration and Citizenship Service, and the Rescue Service.[2] The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, appointed by the decree of the Prime Minister of Armenia. The current minister is Arpine Sargsyan since November 2024.[1] HistoryFirst ministryOn 21 June 1992, President Levon Ter-Petrosyan created the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the former Soviet Armenian Interior Ministry and the Soviet Internal Troops.[3] It operated until December 2002, when the ministry was reorganized into the Police of Armenia.[4] ReformationIn 2019, the Ministry of Justice recommended the re-establishment of the ministry as part of the government's three-year strategy of police reforms.[5] In 2021, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced plans to recreate the Interior Ministry.[6][7] 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,[8] with the Ministry of Emergency Situations ceasing its activities according to the transition schedule.[9] In December, the National Assembly of Armenia approved a government proposal to set up the ministry.[10] Pashinyan noted that the purpose of the creation of the interior ministry was aimed at “increasing the effectiveness of the work of the police”[11] and the move was supported by members of parliament, one of whom said that it would increase “democratic oversight” of the police.[12] List of ministersSee alsoReferences
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