Directors of the National Security Service (Armenia)
| Director of the National Security Service of Armenia | |
|---|---|
| National Security Service | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Armenia |
| Seat | 104 Nalbandyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Appointer | President of Armenia (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Formation | 4 December 1991 |
| First holder | Usik Harutyunyan |
| Website | www |
The Director of the National Security Service of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Ազգային Անվտանգության Ծառայության տնօրեն) is the executive head of the National Security Service (NSS), the primary domestic security, counterintelligence, and border control agency of the Republic of Armenia.
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major General[1]
Usik Harutyunyan |
1991 | 1992 | |
| 2 | Valery Poghosyan (b. 1944) |
1992 | 1993 | |
| 3 | Major General
Eduard Simonyants |
1993 | 1994 | |
| 4 | David Shahnazaryan (b. 1954) |
1994 | 1994 | |
| 5 |  |
Serzh Sargsyan[2] (b. 1954) |
4 November 1996 | 11 June 1999 |
| 6 | Lieutenant General
Carlos Petrosyan |
11 June 1999 | 2004 | |
| 7 | Colonel General
Gorik Hakobyan |
2004 | February 12, 2016 | |
| 8 | Major General
Georgi Kutoyan[3][4] |
February 12, 2016 | 10 May 2018 | |
| 9 |  |
Major General
Artur Vanetsyan |
10 May 2018 | 16 September 2019 |
| — | Colonel
Eduard Martirosyan[5] |
2019 | 2020 | |
| 10 | Colonel
Argishti Kyaramyan[6] |
June 2020 | October 2020 | |
| 11 | Colonel
Armen Abazyan |
November 2020 | 18 June 2025 | |
| 12 | Major General
Andranik Simonyan |
28 June 2025 | Incumbent |
See also
References
- ↑ Биография
- ↑ Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. President.am. Retrieved on 21 June 2014.
- ↑ "Former Director of Armenia's National Security Service Georgi Kutoyan Found Dead". Hetq.am. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ↑ "Georgi Kutoyan was found dead in his Yerevan house".
- ↑ "Eduard Martirosyan appointed NSS Director".
- ↑ "Armenia PM announces names of new police, national security and army chiefs".