Grigor Minasyan

Grigor Minasyan
Գրիգոր Մինասյան
Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 26, 2022
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan
Preceded byKaren Andreasyan
Personal details
Born (1983-12-23) 23 December 1983 (age 40)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union

Grigor Arayi Minasyan (born December 23, 1983) is an Armenian politician and lawyer currently serving as Minister of Justice of Armenia. Formerly, he was the Managing Partner of AM Law Firm since 2012 and the Director of the Branch of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) in Yerevan since 2014.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

From 2003 to 2004 Minasyan was a lawyer at a private company.

From 2004 to 2009 he worked at the Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, holding the positions of Assistant to the Director for Legal Affairs and later Deputy Director for Legal Affairs.

From 2008 to 2020 Minasyan was the editor-in-chief of the academic journal Justice.

From 2009 to 2010 he worked as a Head of the Department for Relations with the European Court of Human Rights under the Staff of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia. At the same time, Minasyan worked as lecturer at the Law College of the Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia held the Chair of Law until 2011.

From 2011 to 2012 he held the position of Expert-Legal Consultant and then was reassigned to the position of Legal Consultant of the Director at the Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

In 2011, Minasyan became the Official Representative of the Republic of Armenia in the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) located in Athens.

In 2012, he became the Head of the Department of Legal Analysis at the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia.

Since 2012, Minasyan has been a member of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia.

In 2013 and in 2018, Minasyan was elected to Yerevan City Council.[6]

From 2014 to 2022 was the director of the Yerevan branch of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).

Education

From 1990 to 2000, Minasyan studied at Secondary School #8 after A. Pushkin in Yerevan, From 2000 to 2005, he studied at the Faculty of Law of the Russian-Armenian University and graduated with honors. From 2005 to 2008, he studied at the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia.

In 2008 Minasyan successfully defended a dissertation and received a PhD degree.

Personal life

Minasyan is married with three daughters.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Grigor Minasyan - Graphic Chart of the Structure - Ministry". www.moj.am. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "AM Law Firm". Am.am. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ "EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW ORGANISATION - International Organizations". Mfa.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Eplo | European Public Law Organization". Eplo.int. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ Հարցազրույց Գրիգոր Մինասյանի հետ, retrieved 18 January 2022
  6. ^ "Council of the Elders". www.yerevan.am. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ Առանց թեմայի. Գրիգոր Մինասյան, retrieved 18 January 2022
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice of Armenia
2022–present 		Incumbent
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