Ara Mkrtchyan

Deputy minister

Born on 1 January 1978 in the city of Yerevan.
1995-2000— Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
2006 — Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia, Master’s Degree in Law.
19.09.1995-10.04.2000 — Attendee of the Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
10.04.2000-30.05.2003 — Criminal Intelligence officer at the 2nd Unit of the Division for Criminal Intelligence of Yerevan City Internal Affairs Department
30.05.2003-13.12.2004 — Investigator (performed the functions of Senior Investigator) at the Central Investigative Unit of the Yerevan Investigative Division of the Investigative Department
13.12.2004-10.06.2005 — Investigator at the Central Investigative Unit of the Yerevan Investigative Division of the Investigative Department
10.06.2005-18.07.2007 — Investigator at the Central Investigative Division of the Yerevan Investigative Department of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia
18.07.2007-24.10.2008 — Investigator at the Supervisory-Methodical and Analytical Unit (performed the functions of Senior Investigator) of the Yerevan Investigative Department of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia
24.10.2008-15.04.2010 — Senior Investigator (performed the functions of Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases) at the Division for Investigation of Grave Crimes of the Yerevan Investigative Department of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia  
15.04.2010-21.12.2010 — Senior Investigator at the Division for Investigation of Grave Crimes of the Yerevan Investigative Department of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia
21.12.2010-31.07.2012 — Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases at the Division for Investigation of Grave Crimes of the Yerevan Investigative Department of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia
31.07.2012-30.09.2013 — Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Division for Investigation of Crimes against Persons of the 2nd Department (Investigation of Particularly Important Cases) of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia
30.09.2013-23.09.2014 — Deputy Head of the Division for Investigation of Official Crimes and Crimes against Economic Activity of the 2nd Department (Investigation of Particularly Important Cases) of the General Investigation Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia
 23.09.2014 — Dismissed from the Police of the Republic of Armenia on his own initiative, based on a written reporting notice
 23.09.2014-5.05.2018 — Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia
05.05.2018-19.10.2018 — Deputy Head of the Department for Investigation of General Crimes of the General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia (Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases)
19.10.2018-23.09.2019 — Head of the Department for Investigation of Crimes of Trafficking in Human Beings and Narcotic Drugs of the General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia
23.09.2019-20.11.2019 — Head of the Department for Investigation of Crimes of Trafficking in Human Beings, Crimes against Sexual Integrity of Minors and Crimes of Illegal Turnover of Narcotic Drugs at the General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia
20.11.2019-14.07.2020 — Head of Internal Security Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia; appointed to the position of the Head of the Passport and Visa Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia upon Order of the Head of Police of the Republic of Armenia of 14 July 2020
Awards
Awarded with medals and award pins of the Police of the Republic of Armenia and of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
Married with two daughters.