Vahe Stepanyan
| Vahe Stepanyan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office November 1990 – February 1996 | |
| Preceded by | No predecessor |
| Succeeded by | Marat Aleksanyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1948 Stepanakert, Artsakh |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
Vahe Stepanyan (Armenian: Վահե Ստեփանյան; born 6 April 1948 in Stepanakert) is an Armenian lawyer, Doctor of Laws, who was the first minister of justice of the third Republic of Armenia. [1]
Biography
1972 - Graduated from Law Department of Yerevan State University.
1972-1973 - Served in Soviet Armed Forces.
1973-1978 - Studied in Research Institute of the Ministry of Justice of USSR in Moscow and in 1978 earned his degree of "Candidate of Judicial Science"
1988 - Earned his degree of "Doctor of Judicial Science" from Research Institute of the Ministry of Justice of USSR in Moscow
1977-1990 - Worked in the Institute of Legal and Philosophical Studies of Armenia
1990-1995 - Served as Vice-chairman of the Constitutional Commission of the RA. He was one of the authors of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia
1990-1996 - Served as the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
1996-1997 - Served as the vice-chairman of the Constitutional Court of Armenia
1997-2008 - Served as the Head of the Chair of International and National Law of the Public Administration Academy of Armenia
1999-2004 - Served as the President of the Permanent Court of the Union of Banks
2003-2006 - Served as the Provost of the Public Administration Academy of Armenia
2008-2011 - Served as the Head of Staff of the Ombudsman’s Office.[2]
2011-Present - Works as the Head of the Chair of Jurisprudence and its Teaching Methods of the Armenian State Pedagogical University named after K. Abovyan
2013 - Was appointed by the President of the Republic of Armenia to the position of Legal-Scholar Member of the Council of Justice of the Republic of Armenia