Ministry of Internal Affairs (Artsakh)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի ներքին գործերի նախարարություն) also known as the Ministry of the Interior is an official government agency of the partially recognized Republic of Artsakh, serving as the executive law enforcement body in the state. It follows an organization similar to that of the Police of Armenia.
Predecessors and pre-history[]
After the ceding of Nagorno-Karabakh to the Azerbaijan SSR, there became a need to form a new police force. On 4 August 1923, the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was established. In the years following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic created its own police force, with the local National Assembly adopting in 2001, the law "On Police".[1]
Modern ministry[]
On 25 January 2021, Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan signed a decree to combine the Police and State Emergency Service into a new Ministry of Internal Affairs.[2][3] On 11 March 2014, Police Day in Artsakh was declared to be celebrated on 16 April.
List of heads[]
The following is a list of heads from 1990–Present:
- Karen Grigory Sargsyan (26 January 2021 – Present)[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Պատմություն - ԱՐՑԱԽԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՈՍՏԻԿԱՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ". www.police.nkr.am. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ "Artsakh Gets New Ministry of Internal Affairs". Hetq.am.
- ^ "PanARMENIAN.Net - Mobile". panarmenian.net.
- ^ Official website of the government of the Republic of Artsakh - Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
External links[]
- Ministry of Internal Affairs official website
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