Gagik Beglaryan
Gagik Beglaryan (Armenian: Գագիկ Բեգլարյան) (born 1 January 1964) is an Armenian politician, former mayor of Yerevan. Since 2012, he is the Minister of Transport and Communications of Armenia.
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, won the election.
On 8 December 2010. he resigned as mayor, having assaulted an official, following an incident at a Plácido Domingo 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 in a seat normally reserved for the Prime Minister or the Catholicos of All Armenians.[1][2] 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.[3]
On 16 June 2012, he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications.[4]
Beglaryan is an economist by training, having studied at the Yerevan State University, School of Physics and Mathematics (1978-1981) and the Yerevan Institute of National Economy (1981-1985). In 2004, he defended his thesis “The main social problems of community management”.[5]
He is married with two children.
References
- ↑ "Yerevan mayor 'hits aide' over Placido Domingo concert". BBC. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ↑ "Yerevan mayor's resignation a warning to all". News from Azerbaijan. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ↑ "ARMENIA: 10 most significant events of the year". News.am. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ↑ "Gagik Beglaryan". Government of Armenia. 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ↑ "Gagik Beglaryan". Yerevan Municipality. 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
See also
- List of mayors of Yerevan
| Preceded by Yervand Zakharyan |
Mayor of Yerevan 2009-2010 |
Succeeded by Karen Karapetyan |