Prosecutor General of Armenia

The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության դատախազություն, romanized: Hayastani glkhavor datakhazut’yun) is a government agency tasked for supervising the public procurator system in Armenia, exercising its authority through the Prosecutor General of Armenia.^[1] It oversees the enforcement of Armenian law by law enforcement agencies such as the Police of Armenia and the National Security Service.^[2] The office is located on 5 Vazgen Sargsyan Street, Yerevan. The current Prosecutor General is Anna Vardapetyan.^[3][4]

History

The Prosecutor General's Office of the

On 5 July 1995, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the first Constitution of Armenia was adopted. As a result, an independent military and prosecutor's office was established on 5 October of that year. The agency became a full member of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1999 and became a member of the International Association of Prosecutors and the Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe in 2005.^[5]

Organizational structure

The office has the following organizational structure:^[6]

• Central office
  • Investigation department for
  • Supervision department
  • Department for Charge Defense and Appealing of Judicial Acts
  • Public security department
  • Department for the protection of state interests
  • Legal department
  • Department for international legal cooperation
  • Department for corruption and economic crimes
  • Department of organization legal assistance
  • IT department
  • Secretariat
  • Protocol department
  • Division of public relations
  • Internal audit division
  • Staff management division
  • Organizational division
  • Statistics and analysis division
• Military Prosecutor
  • Investigation division
  • Supervision division
  • Division for the protection of state interests
• Garrison offices
  • Yerevan Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Goris Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Lori Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Sevan Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Shirak Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Yeghegnadzor Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Garrison № 1 Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Garrison № 2 Military Prosecutor’s Office
  • Garrison № 3 Military Prosecutor’s Office
• City of Yerevan prosecutors offices:
  • Prosecutor's Office of Yerevan City
  • Prosecutor's Office of the Avan and Nor-Nork Districts
  • Prosecutor's Office of the Malatia-Sebastia District
  • Prosecutor's Office of the Ajapnyak and Davtashen Districts
  • Prosecutor's Office of the Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun Districts
  • Prosecutor's Office of the Erebuni and Nubarashen Districts
  • Prosecutor's Office of the Kentron and Nork-Marash Districts
  • Prosecutor's Office of Shengavit Administrative District
• Regional prosecutor's offices:
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Aragatsotn Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Ararat Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Armavir Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Gegharkunik Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Kotayk Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Shirak Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Lori Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Syunik Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Vayots Dzor Region
  • Prosecutor's Office of
    Tavush Region
• Territorial divisions

List of Prosecutors General

• Suren Osipyan (1971–1988)
• Vladimir Nazaryan (1988–1990)
• Artavazd Gevorgyan (1990–1997)
• Henrik Khachatryan (1997–1998)
• Zhirayr Kharatyan (1998)
• Aghvan Hovsepyan (1998–1999)
• Boris Nazaryan (1999–2001)
• Aram Tamazyan (2001–2004)^[7]
• Aghvan Hovsepyan (2004—2013)^[8]
• Gevorg Kostanyan (2013–2016)^[9]
• Artur Davtyan (2016–2022)
• Anna Vardapetyan (2022–present)^[10]

See also