Srbuhi Galyan

Between 2012 and 2015, she worked in the legal department of a telecommunications company, and between 2015 and 2018 as chief specialist in the department for organising, improving and developing investigation methods at the Special Investigative Service of Armenia and subsequently in its legal services ans external relations, between 2018 and 2019.^[3][2][1][4]

Since 2015, Galyan teaches criminal law at the Yerevan State University and since 2016 at the Justice Academy of Armenia.^[3][1] Between 2020 and 2021 she lectured at the Educational Complex of the Police.^[3][1]

In 2019 she was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice, an office she held until September 2020 when Galyan was named Deputy Prosecutor General, with the specific function of coordinating the confiscation of illicit assets.^{[3][1][2][5][4]}

On 5 November 2024 Galyan was appointed Minister of Justice by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, succeeding Grigor Minasyan, who resigned on 1 October 2024.^[3][1][4] She was sworn in on 20 December 2024.^[6] The US State Department recognized her as a "pioneer in the fight against corruption" in December 2024.^[7] She said in March 2025 that Armenia future is in line with European values.^[8]

As Minister of Justice, Galyan is responsible for the planned potential constitutional reform, and in July 2025 she stated that the new constitution would be ready for 2026, before the parliamentary election.^[9] In an interview in August 2025, Galyan said that the reform would strengthen the role of the National Assembly in overseeing the government and its formation.^[10]

She speaks fluently English and Russian and has one daughter.^[1]