Taron Andraniki Margaryan (, born 17 April 1978, Yerevan) is a politician from Armenia. He was the 11th mayor of Yerevan from 2011 to 2018. Head of community and early career From 2001 to 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. 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. 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. Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan has served as the Mayor of Yerevan since 15 November 2011 after being elected by the City Council and succeeded Karen Karapetyan after his resignation. 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 5 May 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. 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 9 July 2018, the embattled Margaryan tendered his resignation as mayor of Yerevan. Main activities After being elected mayor, Taron Margaryan announced his strategy for the balanced development of Yerevan. During his years in office, all administrative regions of schools specializing in sports or the arts were built and reconstructed, libraries were renovated, heating systems in schools and kindergartens were updated, and children who were