Day of employees of state and national security bodies of Armenia
Day of employees of state and national security bodies of Armenia is held on December 20. This event in the second decade of the month December is annual. Help us
The studies indicate that even during the Urartu period (IX-VII centuries B.C.) intelligence and counterintelligence activity was put on state bases and was one of the directions of state activity. In ancient and medieval Armenia, security matters were handled by both entire state bodies (ministries, agencies) and individual state officials. The protection of military and other secrets was in the centre of attention as well.
According to the law on the structure and composition of the government of RA, adopted on December 4, 1991 the Committee for State Security (KGB) was renamed the RA State Directorate of National Security. On 17 December 2002, by the Decree of the President of RA, the Ministry of National Security was restructured into the National Security Service adjacent to the Government of RA.