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June 8, 2013 Saturday 11:33 PM GMT+4
Margaryan reelected as Yerevan mayor
YEREVAN June 8
- Taron Margaryan, 35, has been reelected the mayor of Yerevan.
In the May 5 municipal elections, more than half of votes were cast
for the Republican Party of Armenia. The City Council is elected by
the proportional multi-party system and the top candidate in a party's
election list becomes the mayor of Yerevan.
Margaryan is to be sworn in on June 11. He has been holding this post
since November 2011. The son of former dissident and ex-prime minister
Andranik Margaryan (1951-2007), he will retain this position for four
more years.
Three political forces are represented in Yerevan's City Council. In
addition to the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, there are also the
centre-right Prosperous Armenia party led by businessman Gagik
Tsarukyan (17 seats) and an opposition bloc rallying around former
Foreign Minister Raffi Ovanesyan, the leader of the Heritage party (6
seats). The latter was President Serzh Sargsyan's competitor in the
presidential election of February 18 and lost but insists he won.
June 8, 2013 Saturday 11:33 PM GMT+4
Margaryan reelected as Yerevan mayor
YEREVAN June 8
- Taron Margaryan, 35, has been reelected the mayor of Yerevan.
In the May 5 municipal elections, more than half of votes were cast
for the Republican Party of Armenia. The City Council is elected by
the proportional multi-party system and the top candidate in a party's
election list becomes the mayor of Yerevan.
Margaryan is to be sworn in on June 11. He has been holding this post
since November 2011. The son of former dissident and ex-prime minister
Andranik Margaryan (1951-2007), he will retain this position for four
more years.
Three political forces are represented in Yerevan's City Council. In
addition to the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, there are also the
centre-right Prosperous Armenia party led by businessman Gagik
Tsarukyan (17 seats) and an opposition bloc rallying around former
Foreign Minister Raffi Ovanesyan, the leader of the Heritage party (6
seats). The latter was President Serzh Sargsyan's competitor in the
presidential election of February 18 and lost but insists he won.