Secretary General
Hamlet Harutyunyan
+374 10 59 40 96
hamlet-harutyunyan@justice.am
Work experience
By decision of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia on 11.12.2025, appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice
From 22.09.2025 – 10.12.2025, Adviser to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, coordinating certain functions within structural subdivisions,
11.07.2022-10.09.2025 - Prosecutor of the Department for Cases of Confiscation of Property of Illicit Origin of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia, First-Class Adviser,
25.11.2021-01.07.2022 - Chief Specialist for the Protection of Rights in the Field of Criminal Justice of the Department for the Protection of Human Rights in the Field of Criminal Justice and in the Armed Forces of the Staff of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia,
01.02.2020-25.11.2021 - Leading Specialist of the Division for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen and Members of Their Families of the Department for the Protection of Human Rights in the Field of Criminal Justice and in the Armed Forces of the Staff of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia,
18.09.2018-01.02.2020 - Specialist of the Division for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen and Members of Their Families of the Department for the Protection of Human Rights in the Field of Criminal Justice and in the Armed Forces of the Staff of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia
Education
From 2021 to the present - Applicant of the Chair of Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University,
2018-2020 - Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University, Master's qualification, «Law» with a specialization in civil law and procedure,
2012-2018 - Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University, Bachelor's qualification,
2001-2012 - P.I. Tchaikovsky Secondary Specialized Music School in Yerevan.
Academic activity
- «The Restriction of Dismissal from Service in the Context of the Right to Free Choice of Employment», «Legality» Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodological Journal of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia, N 119, 2020,
- «The Improvement of Servicemen's Housing Conditions in the Context of the Right to Receive Gratuitous State Financial Support», «Region and the World» Scientific-Analytical Journal, N 6, 2020,
- «The Status of Persons Performing Mobilization Military Service on a Voluntary Basis», «Legality» Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodological Journal of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia, N 122, 2021,
- «The Right to Health Protection During Mobilization Conscription», «Legality» Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodological Magazine of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia, January-March, 2022,
- «Legislative Issues of Involving Servicemen of Militarized Bodies in Mobilization Military Service», «State and Law» Magazine, N 3 (94), 2022 (presented during the conference of postgraduate students and applicants of the Faculty of Law of YSU),
- «The Issues of Mobilization in the Context of the Constitutional Right to Social Security», «State and Law» Magazine, N 3 (97), 2023 (presented during the conference of postgraduate students and applicants of the Faculty of Law of YSU).
Military service
In 2013-2015, compulsory fixed-term military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
Other information
Language proficiency: Armenian, Russian, English.
Married, has one child.