Arpine Sargsyan

Minister of Internal Affairs

Date and Place of Birth:

April 14, 1994, Vedi city

Education:

2010-2015 - YSU Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law
2015-2017 - YSU Faculty of Law, Master of Law (diploma of excellence)
2017 - present – PhD student of YSU Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law (Dissertation topic: "Judicial control over execution of sentences related to deprivation of liberty")

Work experience:

2015 - Expert of the Criminal Law Legislation Department of the Department of Legislation Development and Legal Analysis of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia
2016 - National expert-trainer of the CoE "Support to the Creation of Probation Service in Armenia" project
From January to June 2016 - Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Justice
2016-2019 - Expert of the anti-corruption and penitentiary policy development department of the Ministry of Justice, then a leading specialist (anti-corruption, penitentiary, probation and pardon areas)
2017 - Trainer of anti-corruption officials in republican executive bodies ("Legal Education and Rehabilitation Programs’ Implementation Centre" SNPO)
2017-2022 - Member of the working group developing the new Criminal Code of Armenia
2018 – Trainer of Probation and Correctional Officers (UN Program "Strengthening the Multisectoral National Platform for Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Actions to End Violence against Children")
April 2019 – January 2022 – Member of the Placement Commission operating in the Central Body of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
From April to November 2019 - Head of the penitentiary policy development division of the anti-corruption and penitentiary policy development department of the Ministry of Justice
From November to July 2020 – Head of the anti-corruption and penitentiary policy development department of the Ministry of Justice
July 2020 - January 2022 - Head of the Department of Criminal Legislation, Penitentiary and Probation Policy Development of the Ministry of Justice
January 21, 2022 - January 9, 2023 - Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, appointed by the decision of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
January 9, 2023 – November 20, 2024 - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, appointed by the decision of the Prime Minister
November 20, 2024 - Appointed the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia by the decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia

Other information:

She is fluent in Russian and English. She is the author and co-author of about 10 scientific articles, including the guideline "Health rights of detained and imprisoned persons and the mechanisms of their realisation".

Party affiliation:

Non-partisan

Personal data:

Married