12:15, 8 August 2023

YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. Former Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan has announced that he will run again for mayor.

Citizens of Yerevan will head to the polls on September 17 to elect a City Council, which will then elect a mayor.

Marutyan served as Mayor of Yerevan from 2018 until 2021, when he lost a no-confidence vote.

The actor-turned-politician announced his re-election bid in a video message released Tuesday.

6 political parties have announced participation in the upcoming election. The ruling Civil Contract party’s candidate in the upcoming polls is Deputy Mayor Tigran Avinyan.

Viktor Mnatsakanyan, a former city official who oversaw the Kentron administrative district, is also running for mayor.

Other candidates include Mane Tandilyan from the Aprelu Yerkir party, MP Andranik Tevanyan from the Mother Armenia movement, Natalya Arzakantsyan and city councillor Davit Khajakyan.