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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder \| name = ~~Taron~~ ~~Margaryan~~ ~~<br>~~ ~~{{lang\|hy\|Տարոն~~ ~~Մարգարյան}}~~ = Taron Margaryan \| birth_name = \| nickname = \| image = Taron-Margaryan.jpg \| caption = Margaryan in 2016 \| office1 = 57th [[Mayor of Yerevan]] \| primeminister1 = \| term_start1 = 15 November 2011 \| term_end1 = 9 July 2018 \| predecessor1 = [[Karen Karapetyan]] \| successor1 = [[Kamo Areyan]] <small>(acting)</small> \| office2 = \| primeminister2 = \| term_start2 = \| term_end2 = \| predecessor2 = \| successor2 = \| office3 = \| primeminister3 = \| term_start3 = \| term_end3 = \| predecessor3 = \| successor3 = \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1978\|4\|17\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Yerevan]], ~~Armenia~~[[Armenian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] \| death_date = \| death_place = = \| nationality = \| residence = \| restingplace = \| alma_mater = \| party = [[Republican Party of Armenia\|Republican Party]] \| otherparty = \| spouse = Married \| children = a daughter and five sons \| occupation = politician \| cabinet = \| signature = \| awards = = \| website = \| footnotes = \| blank1 = \| data1 = \| native_name_lang = hy \| native_name = {{nobold\|Տարոն Մարգարյան}} }} '''Taron Andraniki Margaryan '''({{lang-arm\|Տարոն Անդրանիկի Մարգարյան}}, born 17 April 1978~~, [[Yerevan]]~~) is a politician from [[Armenia]]. He was the 11th [[mayor of Yerevan]] from 2011 to 2018. == Head of community and early career == Line 56 ⟶ 58: == Mayor of Yerevan == Taron Margaryan has served as the ~~Mayor~~mayor of Yerevan since 15 November 2011 after being elected by the City Council and succeeded [[Karen Karapetyan]] after his resignation.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://arka.am/en/news/politics/28741/\|title=Yerevan mayor confirms resignation rumors\|website=arka.am\|access-date=24 February 2017}}</ref> In 2013, he earned a position at the top of the list of candidates for the Republican Party of Armenia's 2013 municipal elections with the leading slogan "Better Yerevan."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.foi.am/u_files/file/Report_FOICA_eng(2).pdf\|title=The 2013 Yerevan Municipal Election Campaign in Online Media Coverage}}</ref> Line 62 ⟶ 64: Following the results of the election that took place on 5 May 2013, Armenia's [[Central Electoral Commission of Armenia\|Central Electoral Commission]] (CEC) announced that the City Council members have been elected from the RA's list of Yerevan's 42 members from the City Council, 17 members from Yerevan's "Prosperous Armenia" party, and 6 members from the "Hello Yerevan" party's electoral bloc list. After [[Nikol Pashinyan]] became prime minister of Armenia during the velvet revolution in April 2018, city hall was raided and the Yerevan Fund which Margaryan was head of was implicated in large-scale corrupt practices.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29353401.html\|title = Yerevan's Embattled Mayor Resigns}}</ref> Then a video came out highlighting Margaryan's vast and undeclared wealth and businesses<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_IuACM-hEw\|title = - YouTube\|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> which received widespread attention and well over a hundred thousand views. Finally, on 9 July 2018, the embattled Margaryan tendered his resignation as mayor of Yerevan.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/taron-margaryani-owgherdze-erewants-inerin/\|title = Taron Margaryan's message to Yerevan residents}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29353401.html\|title = Yerevan's Embattled Mayor Resigns}}</ref> == Main activities == Line 134 ⟶ 136: == Reference list == {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef\|before=[[Karen Karapetyan]]}} {{s-ttl\|title=[[Mayor of Yerevan]]\|years=2011–2018}} {{s-aft\|after=[[Kamo Areyan]] (acting)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Margaryan, Taron}} {{Mayors of Yerevan}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]]