Taron Margaryan

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. Then a video came out highlighting Margaryan's vast and undeclared wealth and businesses which received widespread attention and well over a hundred thousand views. Finally, on July 9, 2018, the embattled Margaryan tendered his resignation as mayor of Yerevan.

Since his early years in office, Taron Margaryan spoke about the need for active information technology and the need for the active use of electronic control systems. Furthermore, in March 2016 Margaryan held a conference with the citizens of RA, receiving nearly 100 questions within 24 hours.

According to the declaration submitted to the Ethics Committee, as of 2016, Taron Margaryan has 250 million AMD, translating to about 500k USD and 500k EUR.

Numerous protests took place during Taron Margaryan's first few years in office on behalf of residents living in buildings considered to be dangerous of the 4th-category. They voiced their concerns in front of City Hall. In December 2015, Taron Margaryan handed out keys to new apartments to residents living in the dormitories located on Sisakyan 3, 4, and 127/1, Nor Aresh 35, Artsakh Street 10/2. The latter was the last phase of the resettlement program for families living in category-4 dangerous buildings.

In 2014, the prestigious Rutgers University of Public Affairs and Administration E-School Institute located in the United States rated Yerevan as one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The overall index listed Seoul as the leading city of the world, followed by New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yerevan.

Since 2014, serves as the President of the Chess Federation and as a result, aided in the construction of 11 new chess schools in all administrative districts of Yerevan.

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.”

Following the results of the election that took place on May 5, 2013, Armenia's 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.

Additionally, in 2013 Taron Margaryan launched an initiative at the Yerevan Zoo, which heretofore had not had any work or improvements done since opening. The zoo now spans 7 by 16 hectares and renovations cost approximately 1 million AMD (US$2,100). Furthermore, in cooperation with the private sector, all districts in Yerevan had public parks built or rebuilt.

Taron Margaryan has also often been criticized by residents for transportation issues, especially in regards to the discussions of raising of transportation fees. Hence, in 2013, plans to raise transportation fees to 150 AMD were suspended after the mayor's orders. Furthermore, since 2013 Taron Margaryan has also been criticized for the problems in the field of waste management in the city of Yerevan; however, the issue currently has been resolved by the implementation of the internationally award-winning Lebanese “Sanitek” sanitation disposal company, who is now responsible for all garbage disposal in Yerevan. “Sanitek” has replaced former garbage cans and dumpsters in Yerevan with new bins and collects garbage on a 24-hour set schedule. Moreover, discussions are underway in order to begin construction of a new landfill for an improved method of waste management.

In 2010, was elected as member of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union on February 18, 2012 during their 9th meeting and was then reelected in 2014 at the 10th meeting.

Since 2012, served as chairman of the Board of the Polytechnic University. Additionally, established a scholarship named after Taron Margaryan's father titled the, “Andranik Margarian Scholarship” which is awarded every year.

Taron Margaryan has served as the Mayor of Yerevan since November 15, 2011 after being elected by the City Council and succeeded Karen Karapetyan after his resignation.

During Margaryan's two terms in office, the district of Avan was recognized by Armenia as the best district for two years in a row. In 2009, he was elected as a member of Yerevan's City Council and in the same year was elected as Yerevan's first Deputy Mayor.

Since 2005, served as the Football Federation executive committee member and chairman of the Football Committee of the Mass.

In 2003, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Bioresources Management Agency. In 2005, he was elected at the age of 27 as head of the district of Avan in the city of Yerevan and was re-elected in 2008 for a second term.

From 2001-2003, he worked as a leading specialist for Armenia's State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre in the territorial unit of Nor Nork, and later became the head of the department.

Taron Andranik Margaryan (Armenian: Տարոն Անդրանիկի Մարգարյան , born April 17, 1978, Yerevan) is a politician from Armenia. He was the 11th mayor of Yerevan since Armenia gained independence from the Soviet Union.

As a result of the resettlement program, a total of 650 families were relocated to new apartments. Residents of damaged houses were resettled in the following addresses: 4 Northern 4th Lane No. 15, Bryussov St. 66th home, 4th Lane of Artsakh, and apartments located on 10/5 and 10/2.