Mayor of Yerevan

The Mayor of Yerevan (Armenian: Երևանի քաղաքապետ) is head of the executive branch of Yerevan's government. The mayor is elected by the Yerevan City Council. Recent city council elections took place in 2018, 2017 and 2013.

Mayor of Yerevan
Երևանի քաղաքապետ (Armenian)
Flag of Yerevan
Incumbent
Tigran Avinyan
since September 10, 2023
ResidenceYerevan City Hall
AppointerYerevan City Council
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Inaugural holderHovhannes Ghorghanyan
Formation1879
WebsiteOfficial website

List of mayors
N Image Mayor Start date End date Political affiliation Note(s)
1 Hovhannes Ghorghanyan October 1879 September 1884
2 Barsegh Gueghanyan September 1884 December 1893
3 Levon TigranyantsJanuary 1894June 1895
4 Aram BounyatyanNovember 1895October 1896
5 Vahan Ter-SarkayanOctober 1896November 1898
6 Isahak Melik-AghamalyanNovember 1898March 1904
7 Hovhannes Melik-AghamalianMarch 1904December 1910
8 Hovsep TigranovJanuary 1911March 1912
9 Hovhannes Melik-AghamalyanFebruary 1912December 1914Former mayor from 1904 to 1910
10 Smbat KhachaturyantsFebruary 1915December 1917
11 Tadevos ToshyanNovember 20, 1917December 25, 1918
12 Mkrtich MussinyantsJanuary 9, 1919November 27, 1920
13 Hrant TavakyalianDecember 4, 1920February 25, 1921
14 Kevork SarksyanApril 7, 1921April 26, 1921
15 Benyamin SahakianApril 26, 1921May 26, 1921
16 Ruben SafrazpekianMay 26, 1921April 10, 1922
17 Hayk AzatianJanuary 3, 1922February 25, 1922
18 Suren ShaduntsMay 5, 1922July 29, 1922Communist Party of the Soviet Union
19 Arakel AvakianJuly 7, 1922June 11, 1923Communist Party of the Soviet Union
20 Aram ChakheltianOctober 13, 1923August 12, 1924Communist Party of the Soviet Union
21 Aram KostanianNovember 24, 1924January 30, 1928Communist Party of the Soviet Union
22 Vartan MamikonianFebruary 29, 1928June 7, 1928Communist Party of the Soviet Union
23 Kevork HanessoghlianJune 7, 1928May 5, 1930Communist Party of the Soviet Union
24 Sergei MardvianAugust 4, 1930January 4, 1931Communist Party of the Soviet Union
25 Assadour AsriyanJanuary 4, 1931December 13, 1931Communist Party of the Soviet Union
26 Aramais ErzinkyanDecember 13, 1931March 1, 1933Communist Party of the Soviet Union
27 Karapet MatinianMarch 18, 1933August 1, 1936Communist Party of the Soviet Union
28 Gevorg HanessoghlianAugust 1, 1936November 15, 1936Communist Party of the Soviet Union
29 Alexander ShahsuvarianJanuary 29, 1937September 1, 1937Communist Party
30 Levon HovsepianOctober 2, 1937December 17, 1938Communist Party
31 Soghomon VarapetianDecember 17, 1938January 2, 1940Communist Party
32 Sarkis KamalianJanuary 9, 1940May 19, 1943Communist Party
33 Zaven TchartchianMay 20, 1943September 4, 1944Communist Party
34 Ashot GhakarianSeptember 4, 1944April 2, 1945Communist Party
35 Levon HovsepianApril 30, 1945March 30, 1947Communist PartyFormer mayor from 1937 to 1938
36 Yeghishe VartanianMarch 30, 1947May 9, 1952Communist Party
37 Vazrik SekoyanMay 10, 1952April 13, 1954Communist Party
38 Papken AsdvadzadrianApril 14, 1954March 31, 1955Communist Party
39 Gurgen TcholakhianApril 6, 1955June 1, 1957Communist Party
40 Gurgen PahlevanianJune 2, 1957March 21, 1960Communist Party
41 Souren VartanianMarch 22, 1960December 6, 1962Communist Party
42 Grigor HasratianDecember 17, 1962February 12, 1975Communist Party
43 Hrant EnkitarianMarch 18, 1975April 28, 1975Communist Party
44 Murad Muradian May 1, 1975 December 9, 1985 ex-deputy of National Assembly and ex-Minister of Ecology
45 Eduard AvakianDecember 10, 1985October 9, 1989
46 Artashes GeghamyanNovember 10, 1989October 2, 1990Communist PartyDeputy since 1995
47 Hambardzum GalstyanDecember 4, 1990December 22, 1992Pan-Armenian National Movement
48 Vahagn KhachatryanDecember 4, 1992February 22, 1996Pan-Armenian National Movement
49 Ashot MirzoyanFebruary 23, 1996November 7, 1996Municipal advisor of Gyumri
50 Vano Siradeghyan November 14, 1996 February 2, 1998 Pan-Armenian National Movement Former deputy and former Interior minister
51 Suren Abrahamyan May 6, 1998 June 15, 1999 Republican Party Former Interior minister
52 Albert Bazeyan August 9, 1999 January 10, 2001 Republican Party ex-president of the Republican Party, vice-president of the National Assembly
53 Robert Nazaryan January 11, 2001 June 30, 2003
54 Yervand Zakharyan July 1, 2003 March 4, 2009 Republican Party
55 Gagik Beglaryan June 11, 2009 December 8, 2010 Republican Party Resigned after high-profile scandal
56 Karen Karapetyan December 17, 2010 November 2011 Independent
57 Taron Margaryan November 15, 2011 July 9, 2018 Republican Party
— Kamo Areyan July 9, 2018 October 13, 2018 Republican Party
58 Hayk Marutyan October 13, 2018 December 22, 2021 Civil Contract Removed from the post after losing the no confidence vote.[1]
59 Hrachya Sargsyan December 22, 2021 March 17, 2023 My Step Alliance
60 Tigran Avinyan October 10, 2023 Incumbent Civil Contract

References
  1. "Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan loses no-confidence vote, Hrachya Sargsyan named successor". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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