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NEW YEREVAN MAYOR SWORN IN, PROMISES TO SERVE FOR PROSPERITY OF YEREVAN RESIDENTS
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November 18, 2011
YEREVAN
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-
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November 18, 2011
YEREVAN
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-