Yervand Zakharyan

Yervand Zakharyan

Yervand Zakharyan
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Republic Of Armenia
Assumed office
April 30, 2014
President Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by Armen Movsisyan
Mayor of Yerevan
In office
July 1, 2003 – 2009
Preceded by Robert Nazaryan
Succeeded by Gagik Beglaryan
Minister of the State Revenues
In office
2001–2002
Minister of Transport and Communication
In office
2001–2001
President Robert Kocharyan
Deputy Minister of the State Revenues
Assumed office
2000
Minister of Transport
In office
1998–2000
President Robert Kocharyan
Succeeded by Robert Nazaryan
Armenia Deputy Minister of Energy
Personal details
Born (1946-05-14) May 14, 1946
village of Saler, Shamkir region, Azerbaijan SSR
Political party Republican Party of Armenia
Spouse(s) Married
Children three children
Occupation politician
Profession Armenian
Religion Armenian Apostolic Church

Yervand Zakharyan (Armenian: Երվանդ Զախարյան; born 14 May 1946[1]) is an Armenian politician and the former mayor of the Armenian capital Yerevan. 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 Soviet Union in 1991.

Biography

Zakharyan was born in the village of Saler in the Shamkir region of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1] 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 Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (where he graduated from 1968).[1] 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.[1]

After Armenia became independent, Zakharyan assumed the position of Armenia's deputy minister of energy.[1] 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 Yerevan in 2003.[1] In 2006, he started the non-profit "Shushi Revival" fund to help revitalize the city of Shushi in the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.[2]

Zakharyan is married and has three children.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Biography of Yervand Zakharyan
  2. ↑ Mission of the "Shushi Revival" Fund

See also

Preceded by
Robert Nazaryan		 Mayor of Yerevan
2003-2009 		Succeeded by
Gagik Beglaryan
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