# Ministry of Economy (Armenia)

The Ministry of Economy of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի էկոնոմիկայի նախարարություն, romanized: Ekonomikayi nakhararut’yun) is a ministry within the Government 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.
In March 2019 Ministry of Agriculture was merged into the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments, and the latter was renamed to Ministry of Economy.

## Ministers

| Name | Took office | Left office | Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| Hrant Bagratyan | 1991 | 1993 | Minister of Economy | Vazgen Manukyan, Gagik Harutyunyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan |
| Armen Yeghiazaryan | 1993 | 1995 | Minister of Economy | Hrant Bagratyan |
| Andranik Andreasyan | 1995 | 1996 | Minister of Economy | Hrant Bagratyan |
| Vahram Avanesyan | 1996 | 1997 | Minister of Economy | Armen Sarkissian |
| Garnik Nanagulyan | 1997 | 1998 | Minister of Industry and Trade | Robert Kocharyan |
| Hayk Gevorgyan | 1998 | 1999 | Minister of Industry and Trade | Armen Darbinyan |
| Armen Darbinyan | 1999 | 2000 | Minister of Industry and Trade | Vazgen Sargsyan, Aram Sargsyan |
| Karen Chshmaritian | 2000 | 2007 | Minister of Industry and Trade then Minister of Trade and Economic Development | Andranik Margaryan |
| Nerses Yeritsyan | 2007 | 2008 | Minister of Trade and Economic Development | Serzh Sargysyan |
| Nerses Yeritsyan | 2008 | 2010 | Minister of Economy | Tigran Sargsyan |
| Tigran Davtyan | 2010 | 2013 | Minister of Economy | Tigran Sargsyan |
| Vahram Avanesyan | 2013 | 2014 | Minister of Economy | Tigran Sargsyan |
| Karen Chshmaritian | 2014 | 2016 | Minister of Economy | Hovik Abrahamyan |
| Artsvik Minasyan | 24 February 2016 | 27 September 2016 | Minister of Economy | Hovik Abrahamyan, Karen Karapetyan |
| Suren Karayan | 27 September 2016 | 12 May 2018 | Minister of Economy then Ministry of Economic Development and Investments | Karen Karapetyan, Serzh Sargsyan |
| Artsvik Minasyan | 12 May 2018 | 3 October 2018 | Minister of Economic Development and Investments | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Tigran Khachatryan | 15 October 2018 | | Minister of Economic Development and Investments / Minister of Economy | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Vahan Kerobyan | 26 November 2020 | | Minister of Economic Development and Investments / Minister of Economy | Nikol Pashinyan |