Yervand Zakharyan (; born 14 May 1946
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politician and the former mayor of the Armenian capital

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. 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

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in 1991.

Biography

Zakharyan was born in the village of Saler in the

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region of the

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. 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

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(where he graduated from 1968). 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. After Armenia became independent, Zakharyan assumed the position of Armenia's deputy minister of energy. 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

in 2003. In 2006, he started the non-profit "Shushi Revival" fund to help revitalize the city of

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in Artsakh. In 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. Zakharyan is married and has three children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zakharyan, Yervand 1946 births Living people Republican Party of Armenia politicians Mayors of Yerevan Ministers of energy infrastructures and natural resources of Armenia Transport ministers of Armenia

Biography

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