Ministry of Economy (Armenia)

The Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia

Ministry overview
Formed	()
Headquarters	Yerevan, Armenia
Minister responsible	Artsvik Minasyan
Website	mineconomy.am

The Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia (Armenian: ՀՀ տնտեսական զարգացման և ներդրումների նախարարություն) is the legal successor of the State Planning Committee of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia.

History

It was formed in 1990 after the reorganization of the State Planning Committee of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia.

On 10 June 1997, in accordance with Armenian Presidential Decree No. 747 on "Changes in Structure of the Government of the Republic of Armenia” the Ministry of Trade, Services and Tourism, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Economy were merged into one ministry: the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Armenia.

On 16 March 2002, in accordance with Presidential Decrees No. 1063 and 1064, the Ministry of Industry and Trade was reorganized into the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development.

On 21 April 2008, in accordance with a Presidential Decree, the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development was renamed the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia. On 29 September 2016 the ministry was again renamed, this time to the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia.

There are 22 structural and three separate departments in the organizational structure of the Ministry of Economy. Also, four state organizations and companies operate within the Ministry.

Ministers

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Office	President / Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Hrant Bagratyan	1991	1993	Minister of Economy	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Armen Yeghiazaryan	1993	1995	Minister of Economy	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Andranik Andreasyan	1995	1996	Minister of Economy	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Vahram Avanesyan	1996	1997	Minister of Economy	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Garnik Nanagulyan	1997	1998	Minister of Industry and Trade	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Hayk Gevorgyan	1998	1999	Minister of Industry and Trade	Robert Kocharyan
Armen Darbinyan	1999	2000	Minister of Industry and Trade	Robert Kocharyan
Karen Chshmaritian	2000	2007	Minister of Industry and Trade then Minister of Trade and Economic Development	Robert Kocharyan
Nerses Yeritsyan	2007	2008	Minister of Trade and Economic Development	Robert Kocharyan
Nerses Yeritsyan	2008	2010	Minister of Economy	Serzh Sargysyan
Tigran Davtyan	2010	2013	Minister of Economy	Serzh Sargysyan
Vahram Avanesyan	2013	2014	Minister of Economy	Serzh Sargysyan
Karen Chshmaritian	2014	2016	Minister of Economy	Serzh Sargysyan
Artsvik Minasyan	24 February 2016	27 September 2016	Minister of Economy	Serzh Sargysyan
Suren Karayan	27 September 2016	12 May 2018	Minister of Economy then Ministry of Economic Development and Investments	Serzh Sargysyan
Artsvik Minasyan	12 May 2018	3 October 2018	Ministry of Economic Development and Investments	Nikol Pashinyan

References

• http://www.mineconomy.am/eng/23/free.html