List of chiefs of the Police of Armenia

This is a list of chiefs of the Police of Armenia.

First Republic (1918–1920)

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Minister of Internal Affairs of the First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)

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Armenian SSR (1920-1991)

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People's Commissar of Interior Affairs of the Armenian SSR (1920–1941)

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  • Isahak Dovlatyan (December 1921 – April 1921)
  • Poghos Makintsyan (April 1921 – July 1921)
  • Avis Nourijanyan (July 1921 – August 1921)
  • Shavarsh Amirkhanyan (August 1921 – May 1924)
  • Hovhannes Dourgaryan (May 1924 – July 1927)
  • Sergey Melik-Hovsepyan (July 1927 – December 1928)
  • Sedrak Margaryan (February 1929 – November, 1929)
  • Hayk Petrosyan (November 1929 – May 1930)
  • Sedrak Otyan (May 1930 – October 1930)
  • Armenak Aboulyan (December 1930 – July, 1934)
  • Khachik Moughdousi (July 1934 – September, 1937)
  • Victor Khvorostov (November 1937 – March 1939)
  • Aleksey Korotkov (March 1939 – March 1941)

Minister of Internal Affairs of the Armenian SSR (1941–1991)

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  • Georgi Martirosov (March 1941 – May 1943, March 1953 – April 1954)
  • Ivan Matevosov (May 1943 – August 1947)
  • Khoren Grigoryan (August 1947 – March 1953)
  • Pyotr Piskunov (April 1954 – August 1957)
  • Hayk Melkonyan (August 1957 – August 1961)
  • Sergey Arzoumanyan (August 1961 – December 1968)
  • Vladimir Darbinyan (December 1968 – September 1974)
  • Yevgeniy Patalov (December 1974 – November 1983)
  • Haykaz Shahinyan (November 1983 – June 1988)
  • Housik Haroutunyan (June 1988 – May 1990)
  • Levon Galstyan (June 1990 – 1990 August)
  • Karlos Ghazaryan (August 1990 – March 1991)

Republic of Armenia (since 1991)

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Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (1991-2003;2023)

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  • Ashot Manucharyan (March 1991 – December 1991)
  • Valeri Poghosyan (December 1991 – February 1992)
  • Vano Siradeghyan (February 1992 – November 1996)[1]
  • Serzh Sargsyan (November 1996 – June 1999)[2]
  • Suren Abrahamyan (June 1999 – November 1999)
  • Hayk Haroutyunyan (November 1999 – January 2003)
  • Vahe Ghazaryan (2023)

Chief of Police of the Republic of Armenia (2003-present)

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  • Hayk Haroutyunyan (January 2003 – May 29, 2008)
  • Alik Sargsyan (May 29, 2008 – November 1, 2011)
  • Vladimir Gasparyan (November 1, 2011 – May 10, 2018)[3]
  • Valeri Osipyan (May 10, 2018 – September 19, 2019)[4]
  • Arman Sargsyan (September 19, 2019 - June 8, 2020)[5]
  • Vahe Ghazaryan (June 8, 2020 – January 9, 2023)[6]
  • Aram Hovhannisyan (January 9, 2023 – Present)[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Previous ministers" (in Armenian). Government of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ "The third President of Armenia - Library - The President of Armenia". president.am. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. ^ "Երկիր Մեդիա - Լուրեր - Հայաստան". yerkirmedia.am. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. ^ "Valeri Osipyan appointed new Police Chief of Armenia". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  5. ^ "Armenian PM sacks army, police and security chiefs over COVID-19 curbs". Reuters. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  6. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  7. ^ "Aram Hovhannisyan was appointed Chief of RA Police and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs". infocom.am. Retrieved 2023-09-21.