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Rustam Badasyan — former SRC chair

Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia from 4 August 2021 to November 2024. Lawyer by training; previously Minister of Justice (2019–2021) and Deputy Chairman of the SRC (2018–2019). Resigned 18 November 2024.

Last reviewed May 6, 2026

Rustam Badasyan

Rustam Badasyan

Former
Armenian:
Ռուստամ Բադասյան
Russian:
Рустам Бадасян

Former chair of the State Revenue Committee — the body that registers cash registers, runs the fiscal-receipt backbone, and issues the conformity assessments that govern which models can sell in Armenia. Appointed by government decision on 4 August 2021 and resigned on 18 November 2024 as part of a wider cabinet reshuffle following Prime Minister Pashinyan's 14 November address; his successor Eduard Hakobyan took office on 28 November 2024. Lawyer by training: YSU Faculty of Law (bachelor 2011), master's from the National Academy of Sciences (2013), RA School of Advocates licence (2015). Came to the SRC chair from the Ministry of Justice, where he was Minister 2019–2021, preceded by deputy chairman of the same committee 2018–2019.

Photo: Official portrait — Government of the Republic of Armenia · Republished from gov.am's bodies-under-government section; editorial use · www.gov.am

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Resignation in November 2024

Badasyan announced on 18 November 2024 that he had submitted his resignation as SRC chairman, after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's 14 November address criticising the work of several agencies. The same wave of resignations covered the ministers of territorial administration and interior, the Investigative Committee chairman, the Anti-Corruption Committee chairman, and the head of the Supreme Judicial Council. Eduard Hakobyan was appointed his successor by government decision on 28 November 2024.

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