Gagik Beglaryan () (born January 1, 1964), also knowns as "Cherny" Gago, is an Armenian politician, former

mayor of Yerevan The Mayor of Yerevan () is head of the executive branch of Yerevan's government. The mayor is elected by the Yerevan City Council. Recent 2018 Yerevan City Council election, city council elections took place in 2018, 2017 Yerevan City Council elec ...

. He was the Minister of Transport and Communications of

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

from 2012 until 2016. On 4 March 2009, he was appointed acting mayor of Yerevan, pending the 31 May municipal elections. He was then appointed mayor on 8 June, after his party, the

Republican Party of Armenia The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, ; , ''HHK'') is a National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Armenia, political party in Armenia led by the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. It was the first polit ...

, won the election. On 8 December 2010 he resigned as mayor, having assaulted an official, following an incident at a

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...

concert. The official – Aram Kandayan, an employee at the President's protocol department – had asked the mayor's wife to give up her seat. She had been sitting next to the President

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan (, ; born 30 June 1954)Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan

in a seat normally reserved for the Prime Minister or the

Catholicos of All Armenians The Catholicos of All Armenians () is the chief bishop and spiritual leader of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the worldwide Armenian diaspora. The Armenian Catholicos (plural Catholicoi) is also known as the Armenian ...

. Although not present at the concert, Beglaryan arranged to meet Kandayan after the event and assaulted the latter before he could get out of his car. On June 16, 2012, he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications. Beglaryan is an economist by training, having studied at the

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; , , ), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's ...

, School of Physics and Mathematics (1978-1981) and the

Yerevan Institute of National Economy The Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) () is a state-owned university of economics in Yerevan, the capital Armenia, founded in 1975. History The faculty of Economics within the Yerevan State University was founded in 1930. In 1975 it ...

(1981-1985). In 2004, he defended his thesis “The main social problems of community management”. He is married with two children.

References

See also