Yervand Zakharyan

Yervand Zakharyan (Armenian: Երվանդ Զախարյան; born 14 May 1946[1]) is an Armenian politician and the former mayor of the Armenian capital Yerevan. He is a member of the country's Republican Party and was the 8th mayor of the Armenian capital since Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Yervand Zakharyan
Yervand Zakharyan
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Republic Of Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office April 30, 2014
President	Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by	Armen Movsisyan
Mayor of Yerevan
In office July 1, 2003 – 2009
Preceded by	Robert Nazaryan
Succeeded by	Gagik Beglaryan
Minister of the State Revenues
In office 2001–2002
Minister of Transport and Communication
In office 2001–2001
President	Robert Kocharyan
Deputy Minister of the State Revenues
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Minister of Transport
In office 1998–2000
President	Robert Kocharyan
Succeeded by	Robert Nazaryan
Armenia Deputy Minister of Energy
Personal details
Born	May 14, 1946 village of Saler, Shamkir region, Azerbaijan SSR
Political party	Republican Party of Armenia
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	three children
Occupation	politician
Profession	Armenian

Biography

Zakharyan was born in the village of Saler in the Shamkir region of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1] He worked in the Yerevan trust "Basemetalsconstruct" from 1962 to 1963 and as a rigger in the plant "Razdanconstruct" in 1963 to 1964. He served as an engineer and chief of the zone of the constructional administration "Warmconstrict" during the rest of the 1960s, while simultaneously attending Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (where he graduated from 1968).[1] He attended the Management Institute of the Moscow Academy of National Economy from 1987 to 1988. He completed his candidate thesis in 1991, obtaining a degree of candidate of science in economics.[1]

After Armenia became independent, Zakharyan assumed the position of Armenia's deputy minister of energy.[1] In 1998, he became the Minister of Transport and in 2000 was appointed deputy minister of the State Revenues, then was overappointed the Minister of Transport and Communication. The following year, he became the Minister of the State Revenues and in 2002. He was then appointed mayor of Yerevan in 2003.[1] In 2006, he started the non-profit "Shushi Revival" fund to help revitalize the city of Shushi in Artsakh.[2]

On September 2019, the Special Investigative Service of Armenia has initiated a criminal case, on the grounds of abuse of office, against Yervand Zakharyan. The criminal case is related to the alienation of 10 000 square meters of land of Haghtanak Park of Yerevan by illegal decision of Yervand Zakharyan while he was the mayor of Yerevan.[3]

Zakharyan is married and has three children.[1]

See also

• List of mayors of Yerevan

References

1. Biography of Yervand Zakharyan
2. Mission of the "Shushi Revival" Fund
3. "Նախկին քաղաքապետի ապօրինի որոշմամբ «Հաղթանակ» զբոսայգու 10 հազար քմ տարածքի օտարման փաստով հարուցվել է քրգործ․ ՀՔԾ". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան (in Armenian). Retrieved 2019-09-05.