New Yerevan Mayor sworn in, promises to serve for prosperity of Yerevan residents
18.11.2011,
20:51
New Yerevan mayor, Taron Margaryan, was sworn in today at a special ceremony at the City Hall attended also by President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and other high-level officials, Novosti-Armenia news agency reported.
YEREVAN, November 18, /ARKA/. New Yerevan mayor, Taron Margaryan, was sworn in today at a special ceremony at the City Hall attended also by President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and other high-level officials, Novosti-Armenia news agency reported.
‘I promise to fulfill my duties bona fide in accordance with the Constitution and serve for the prosperity of Yerevan and its residents,’ the 33 year-old mayor said.
President Sargsyan congratulated the mayor on taking up this responsible post wishing him vigor and perseverance in executing his duties.
‘You have no right to frustrate your fellow citizens and colleagues. We are next to you always ready to support you,’ Serzh Sargsyan said.
Taron Margaryan was elected mayor by forty-nine members of the Council of Elders (legislative assembly) of the Armenian capital on November 15. Taron Margaryan is the son of former Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, who died in 2007.
Taron Margaryan had been nominated for the vacant post by the governing board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia on October 31. Prior to his election, he served as vice mayor. The former mayor of Yerevan, Karen Karapetyan, resigned October 28 at his own will to take up another job. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) controls 35 seats in the Council of Elders. The other 17 seats are controlled by the junior coalition member Prosperous Armenia party.
Taron Margaryan was born on April 17, 1978 in Yerevan. In 1995 he graduated from school and was enrolled into the Armenian Agricultural Academy. In 2001 he graduated from it with Master’s degree.
In 2001-2003 he worked as a senior specialist, then chief of the regional subdivision of the State Committee of Cadastre in Yerevan’s Nor Nork administrative district.
In 2003 he was appointed deputy head of a department in the ministry of Nature Protection in charge of bio resources. In 2005 he was elected, and in 2008 re-elected as head of Yerevan's Avan district. Since 2009 he has served as deputy mayor.
Margaryan has been a member of the Republican Party since 1996. In 2006 he was elected to its Board.
He was awarded Anania Shirakatsi, Garegin Nzhdeh medals, as well as Gold Medal of Yerevan mayor, Gold Medal of the Armenian Agrarian University, Fridtjof Nansen Gold Medal and Eagles of Armenian Mountains Medal and Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan Order. Margaryan is married and has one son and one daughter.-0-
‘I promise to fulfill my duties bona fide in accordance with the Constitution and serve for the prosperity of Yerevan and its residents,’ the 33 year-old mayor said.
President Sargsyan congratulated the mayor on taking up this responsible post wishing him vigor and perseverance in executing his duties.
‘You have no right to frustrate your fellow citizens and colleagues. We are next to you always ready to support you,’ Serzh Sargsyan said.
Taron Margaryan was elected mayor by forty-nine members of the Council of Elders (legislative assembly) of the Armenian capital on November 15. Taron Margaryan is the son of former Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, who died in 2007.
Taron Margaryan had been nominated for the vacant post by the governing board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia on October 31. Prior to his election, he served as vice mayor. The former mayor of Yerevan, Karen Karapetyan, resigned October 28 at his own will to take up another job. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) controls 35 seats in the Council of Elders. The other 17 seats are controlled by the junior coalition member Prosperous Armenia party.
Taron Margaryan was born on April 17, 1978 in Yerevan. In 1995 he graduated from school and was enrolled into the Armenian Agricultural Academy. In 2001 he graduated from it with Master’s degree.
In 2001-2003 he worked as a senior specialist, then chief of the regional subdivision of the State Committee of Cadastre in Yerevan’s Nor Nork administrative district.
In 2003 he was appointed deputy head of a department in the ministry of Nature Protection in charge of bio resources. In 2005 he was elected, and in 2008 re-elected as head of Yerevan's Avan district. Since 2009 he has served as deputy mayor.
Margaryan has been a member of the Republican Party since 1996. In 2006 he was elected to its Board.
He was awarded Anania Shirakatsi, Garegin Nzhdeh medals, as well as Gold Medal of Yerevan mayor, Gold Medal of the Armenian Agrarian University, Fridtjof Nansen Gold Medal and Eagles of Armenian Mountains Medal and Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan Order. Margaryan is married and has one son and one daughter.-0-
