Arpine Sargsyan

Career She began working in 2015 as an expert in criminal law at the Ministry of Justice. She was sworn in on 20 December 2024 and became the first female minister of internal affaris in the country's history.

In June 2025 she presented the 2025-2027 Strategy and Action Plan for Combating Drug Trafficking, which was approved by the government on 5 June. In October 2025, she approved the new biometric ID card. On 30 October 2025, she announced that Armenia would have a Unified Strategy for Crime Prevention for the first time.

Following the establishment of the new civilian Police Guard, which replaced the so-called police troops, Sargsyan appointed its first commander, Major General Hayk Babayan, in November 2025. On 5 November Sargsyan received the Action Plan for visa liberalisation between the EU and Armenia from Johannes Luchner, deputy director-general of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, at an event she described as a "historic step" towards implementing visa liberalisation with the European Union.

Personal life Sargsyan is married and speaks fluently English and Russian.