This is a list of chiefs of the Police of Armenia.
First Republic (1918–1920)
Minister of Internal Affairs of the First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Aram Manukian (July 1918 – January 1919) Alexander Khatisian (February 1919 – August 1919) Abraham Gyulkhandanyan (August 1919 – May 1920) Ruben Ter-Minasian (May 1920 – September 1920) Sargis Araratyan (September 1920 – November 1920) Simon Vratsian (November 1920 – December 1920)
Armenian SSR (1920-1991)
People's Commissar of Interior Affairs of the Armenian SSR (1920–1941)
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)
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)
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (1991-2003;2023)
Ashot Manucharyan (March 1991 – December 1991) Valeri Poghosyan (December 1991 – February 1992) Vano Siradeghyan (February 1992 – November 1996) Serzh Sargsyan (November 1996 – June 1999) 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)
Hayk Haroutyunyan (January 2003 – May 29, 2008) Alik Sargsyan (May 29, 2008 – November 1, 2011) Vladimir Gasparyan (November 1, 2011 – May 10, 2018) Valeri Osipyan (May 10, 2018 – September 19, 2019) Arman Sargsyan (September 19, 2019 - June 8, 2020) Vahe Ghazaryan (June 8, 2020 – January 9, 2023) Aram Hovhannisyan (January 9, 2023 – June 2, 2025)
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