Kamo Areyan
Native nameԿամո Արեյան
Office 1First Deputy Mayor of Yerevan
Term start 114 July 2003
Term end 119 October 2018
Successor 1Hrachya Sargsyan
Office 2Mayor of Yerevan
Term start 29 July 2018
Term end 210 October 2018
Predecessor 2Taron Margaryan
Successor 2Hayk Marutyan
Office 3Deputy Mayor of Yerevan
Term start 31997
Term end 32001
Office 4Mayor of Yerevan
Term start 4February 1998
Term end 4May 1998
Predecessor 4Vano Siradeghyan
Successor 4Suren Abrahamyan
Birth date20 November 1957 (age 68)
Birth placeNerkin Sasnashen, Armenia
Alma materYerevan Institute of National Economy
OccupationEconomist, politician
SpouseArmenouhi Harutyunyan

Kamo Areyan (Armenian: Կամո Արեյան; born 20 November 1957) is an Armenian economist and politician.[1] After serving as Deputy Mayor for 15 years, Areyan became Chief Advisor to the Mayor, first under Hayk Marutyan,[2] then under Hrachya Sargsyan. Sargsyan stepped down in March 2023, leaving the position of mayor vacant.[needs update][3][4] Areyan is a member of the Republican Party of Armenia and served as party representative on the Yerevan City Council between 2013 and 2018.[1][5]

Early life

Areyan was born on 20 November 1957[6] in the village of Nerkin Sasnashen in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.[1] He has at least one sister.[7] He attended the Yerevan Institute of National Economy, then worked at the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR's Institute of Economics until 1980, when he served for two years in the Soviet Army. He returned to his position at the Institute of Economics in 1982 and stayed there until 1995.[1]

Political career

In 1995, Areyan became a member of the National Assembly in Yerevan, a role he held for four years. During this time, he was a nonpartisan member of the Assembly's Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs.[6][1] He served as Deputy Mayor of Yerevan between 1997 and 2001, including nearly four months in early 1998 as Acting Mayor. He worked as the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration from 2001 to 2002 and of its successor, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Coordination of Industrial Infrastructures, from 2002 to 2003.[1][7][8]

Areyan became the First Deputy Mayor of Yerevan in 2003,[9][7][8][1] then again in 2009[1][10] and 2017.[11][5][12] In May 2013, he was elected to the Yerevan City Council as a proportional representative of the Republican Party of Armenia.[1] From 9 July to 10 October 2018, he served as Acting Mayor[13] before being relieved from his position in the Mayor's office nine days later when his seat on the Council was voided due to the Republican Party no longer being represented.[5] In November 2018, he was appointed to Chief Advisor to Mayor Hayk Marutyan.[4][14] He remained in this role under Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan and the subsequent mayoral vacancy beginning in March 2023.[needs update][3][4] Areyan is also a Council Member of the Menq Foundation for Popularisation of State and National Values.[15]

Areyan was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi medal in 2007[citation needed] and the 2nd degree medal Services to the Motherland for his political work in 2014.[16]

Personal life

His wife, Armenouhi Harutyunyan, co-owns the tourist company Armane Yekir with Areyan. Their eldest son, Mher, is a businessman and was awarded a scholarship from the Toronto chapter of the Armenian General Benevolent Union in 2011.[17][7] Their younger son, Vahagn, is a private entrepreneur.[7][1]

References

  1. ^ "Կամո Առաքելի Արեյան" [Kamo Arakeli Areyan] (in Armenian). City of Yerevan. Archived from the original on 2014-04-04.
  2. ^ "Kamo Areyan appointed chief advisor to Yerevan mayor". Panorama.am. 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. ^ Ghalechian, Narine (2023-04-04). "Yerevan To Have No Mayor Until End Of 2023". Azatutyun.am. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  4. ^ "Kamo Areyan appointed chief advisor to Yerevan Mayor". 168.am. 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  5. ^ "Камо Ареян освобожден от должности вице-мэра Еревана" [Kamo Areyan was relieved of his post as Deputy Mayor of Yerevan] (in Russian). News Armenia. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  6. ^ "Kamo AREYAN". National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  7. ^ Balasanyan, Grisha (2017-11-09). "Businesses and Property Owned by Yerevan First Deputy Mayor and His Family". hetq. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  8. ^ "Kamo Areyan reelected Deputy Mayor of Yerevan". MediaMax. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  9. ^ "Kamo Areyan dismissed from post of first deputy mayor of Yerevan". aysor. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  10. ^ Bedevian, Astghik (2011-04-01). "Ban On Street Trade In Yerevan 'Irreversible'". Azatutyan.am. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  11. ^ "КАМО АРЕЯН НАЗНАЧЕН ПЕРВЫМ ЗАМЕСТИТЕЛЕМ МЭРА ЕРЕВАНА" [Kamo Areyan appointed First Deputy Mayor of Yerevan] (in Russian). Armen Press. 2003-07-14.
  12. ^ "Kamo Areyan re-appointed Deputy Mayor of Yerevan". U1+. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  13. ^ "Ереван остался без мэра" [Yerevan was left without a mayor] (in Russian). Nykhas. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-10.
  14. ^ "Fire at Nubarashen Landfill Site Extinguished: Kamo Areyan". ecolur. 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  15. ^ "Staff". Menq Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  16. ^ "Կ. Ա. ԱՐԵՅԱՆԻՆ "ՀԱՅՐԵՆԻՔԻՆ ՄԱՏՈՒՑԱԾ ԾԱՌԱՅՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ՀԱՄԱՐ" 2-ՐԴ ԱՍՏԻՃԱՆԻ ՄԵԴԱԼՈՎ ՊԱՐԳԵՎԱՏՐԵԼՈՒ ՄԱՍԻՆ" [K. A. about awarding Areyan with the 2nd degree medal "For Services to the Fatherland"] (in Armenian). President of the Republic of Armenia. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  17. ^ "2011 scholarship awards". Armenian General Benevolent Union - Toronto Chapter. Retrieved 2023-10-04.