The Yerevan City Council () is the lawmaking body of the city of

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

, the capital and largest city of

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. It has 65 members elected by

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system, headed by the Mayor of Yerevan. The Council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model. The council monitors performance of city agencies and makes

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decisions, as well as, legislating on a variety of other issues. The City Council also has sole responsibility for approving the city

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and each member is limited to three consecutive terms in office and can run again after a four-year respite.

Elections

"Yerevan City Council elections are being conducted every five years with proportional lists of parties. The City Council has 65 members. The first person in the list of the party that has received more than 40% of seats, is considered elected mayor. If the parties fail to gather so many votes, the mayor will be elected by City Council."

Past elections

Yerevan City Council election, 2009 Yerevan City Council elections were held on May 31, 2009. All 65 seats were contested. This was the first election to the City Council of Yerevan, capital of Armenia. , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" , Party ...

* Yerevan City Council election, 2013 *

Yerevan City Council election, 2017 Yerevan City Council elections were held on 14 May 2017. The Republican Party of Armenia won 71.25% of the total vote, the Way Out Alliance won 21%, while Yerkir Tsirani won 7.75%. Following the elections, Yerevan City Council elected Taron Ma ...

Most recent election

Yerevan City Council election, 2018 Yerevan City Council elections were held on 23 September 2018. The snap election was trigged after the resignation of former mayor Taron Margaryan amid the aftermath of the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution. Well-known comedian and actor Hayk Marut ...

Upcoming elections

Next municipal elections are scheduled for 2022.

Yerevan City Hall

The seat of the Yerevan City Council is the Yerevan City Hall located on Argishti street at the

Kentron district Kentron ( hy, Կենտրոն վարչական շրջան, translit=Kentron varčakan šrĵan), is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It comprises the downtown, the commercial centre of the city. As of the 2011 census, th ...

, facing the Square of Russia, the House of Moscow and the

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. The construction of the building was completed in November 2004 during the period of Mayor

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, with a cost of AMD 3.1 billion. It was originally designed by architect

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. The construction was set at the beginning of the 1980s but stopped in 1991 due to financial difficulties. It remained unfinished until August 2003 when the construction process was continued and completed within 15 months. The city hall is a five-story building with a total area of 13,500 m². The main entrance is topped with the traditional Armenian symbol of endless circles representing the eternity and the ancient Armenian ''Kenats Tsar'' tree representing life. It has a 47-metre-high rectangular

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with the word "ԵՐԵՎԱՆ" (''YEREVAN'') carved in

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, decorated with traditional ornaments. The tower is surrounded with glassy walls at its top.Yerevan towers
/ref> The Yerevan History Museum is located in an attached building just to the west of the city hall.

References

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