Arpine Sargsyan
Minister of Internal Affairs
Curriculum Vitae
Date/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 Center" 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 languages. She is the author and co-author of about 10 scientific articles, the guideline "Health rights of detained and imprisoned persons and the mechanisms of their realization".
Party affiliation
Non-partisan
Personal data
Married