Hamlet Harutyunyan
Secretary General
Date and place of birth
7 January 1995, Yerevan
Education
From 2021 to present — External PhD student at the Chair of Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University;
2018-2020 — Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University, Master’s Degree, specialising in “Jurisprudence — Civil Law and Civil Procedure”;
2012-2018 — Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University, Bachelor’s Degree;
2001-2012 — P. I. Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School in Yerevan.
Work experience
On 11 December 2025, by the Decision of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, he was appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice.
22 September-10 December 2025 — Adviser to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia co-ordinating individual functions within structural subdivisions;
11 July 2022-10 September 2025 — Prosecutor at the Department for Confiscation of Property of Illicit Origin of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, First Class Councillor;
25 November 2021-1 July 2022 — Chief Specialist for Protection of Rights in the Criminal Justice of the Department for Human Rights Protection in the Criminal Justice and Armed Forces of the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia;
1 February 2020-25 November 2021 — Leading Specialist at the Division for Protection of Rights of Servicepersons and their Family Members of the Department for Human Rights Protection in the Criminal Justice and Armed Forces of the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia;
18 September 2018-1 February 2020 — Specialist at the Division for Protection of Rights of Servicepersons and their Family Members of the Department for Human Rights Protection in the Criminal Justice and Armed Forces of the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia;
Scientific articles
“Restriction of Being Discharged from Service in the Context of the Right to Free Choice of Employment”, “Legality” Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodical Journal of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, N 119, 2020;
“Improvement of Servicepersons’ Housing Conditions in the Context of the Right to Receive Gratuitous State Financial Assistance”, “Region and World” Scientific-Analytical Journal, N 6, 2020;
“Status of Persons Undergoing Mobilisation Military Service on a Voluntary Basis”, “Legality” Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodical Journal of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, N 122, 2021;
“Right to Health Protection during Conscription for Mobilisation”, “Legality” Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodical Journal of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, January-March, 2022;
“Legislative Problems in Engaging the Officers of Militarised Bodies in Mobilisation Military Service”, “State and Law” Journal, N 3 (94), 2022 (the article was presented during the scientific conference of PhD students and external PhD students of the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University);
“Issues of Mobilisation in the Context of Constitutional Law for Social Security”, “State and Law” Journal, N 3 (97), 2023 (the article was presented during the scientific conference of PhD students and external PhD students of the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University).
Military service
2013-2015 — Compulsory fixed-term military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
Other information
Languages: Armenian, Russian, English.
Married, with one child.
