New Yerevan mayor to be elected November 15

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04.11.2011, 23:15

New mayor of Yerevan will be elected on November 15 by the Council of Elders, the legislative body of the Yerevan municipality, which passed today a relevant decision.

YEREVAN, November 4. / ARKA /. New mayor of Yerevan will be elected on November 15 by the Council of Elders, the legislative body of the Yerevan municipality, which passed today a relevant decision.

The position became vacant after the resignation of ex-mayor Karen Karapetian on October 28. The acting mayor Taron Margaryan, who was nominated by the Republican Party as a candidate for the post, said Karen Karapetian renounced also his mandate of a Council of Elders member.

Taron Margaryan is the son of late Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan who died in 2007. -0-

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