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Yerevan City Council

Field	Value
name	Yerevan City Council
native_name	Երևան քաղաքի ավագանի
native_name_lang	hy
coa_pic	Coat of arms of Yerevan.svg
coa_res	150px
house_type	Unicameral
leader1_type	Mayor
leader1	Tigran Avinyan
election1	17 March 2023
leader2_type	Majority Leader
leader3_type	Minority Leader
members	65
structure1	YerevanC 2023.svg
structure1_res	250
political_groups1	* Civil Contract (24)
*	border	darkgray}} Hanrapetutyun Party (8)
committees1	4
voting_system1	Party-list proportional representation
last_election1	17 September 2023
next_election1	2028
session_room	Yerevan City Hall 1 (15).jpg
session_res	260px
session_alt	Yerevan City Council sits in the Yerevan City Hall
meeting_place	Yerevan City Hall
1 Argishti Street
Yerevan, 0015
Armenia
website	https://www.yerevan.am/hy/avagani/

National Progress (14)
Mother Armenia (12)
Hanrapetutyun Party (8)
Public Voice (7) 1 Argishti Street Yerevan, 0015 Armenia The Yerevan City Council () is the lawmaking body of the city of Yerevan, the capital and largest city of Armenia. It has 65 members elected by party-list proportional representation system, headed by the Mayor of Yerevan.

The council monitors performance of city agencies and makes land use decisions, as well as, legislating on a variety of other issues. The city council also has sole responsibility for approving the city budget and each member is limited to three consecutive terms in office and can run again after a four-year respite.

Elections

Appointment

"Yerevan City Council elections are being conducted every five years with proportional lists of parties. The City Council has 65 members. The first person in the list of the party that has received more than 40% of seats, is considered elected mayor. If the parties fail to gather so many votes, the mayor will be elected by City Council."

Past elections

Yerevan City Council election, 2009
Yerevan City Council election, 2013
Yerevan City Council election, 2017
Yerevan City Council election, 2018

Most recent election

Yerevan City Council election, 2023

Upcoming elections

Next municipal elections are scheduled to be held in 2028.

Former members of the Yerevan City Council

Republican Party of Armenia
Prosperous Armenia Party
Armenian National Congress
Hello Yerevan Alliance
Way Out Alliance
Apricot Country Party
My Step Alliance
Bright Alliance

Yerevan City Hall

The seat of the Yerevan City Council is the Yerevan City Hall located on Argishti street at the Kentron district, facing the Square of Russia, the House of Moscow and the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory. The construction of the building was completed in November 2004 during the period of Mayor Yervand Zakharyan, with a cost of AMD 3.1 billion. It was originally designed by architect Jim Torosyan. The construction was set at the beginning of the 1980s but stopped in 1991 due to financial difficulties. It remained unfinished until August 2003 when the construction process was continued and completed within 15 months.

The city hall is a five-story building with a total area of 13,500 m2. The main entrance is topped with the traditional Armenian symbol of endless circles representing the eternity and the ancient Armenian Kenats Tsar tree representing life. It has a 47-metre-high rectangular clock tower with the word "ԵՐԵՎԱՆ" (YEREVAN) carved in Armenian script, decorated with traditional ornaments. The tower is surrounded with glassy walls at its top. The Yerevan History Museum is located in an attached building just to the west of the city hall.

References

(7 April 2013). "Yerevan City Council Election campaign kicks off". Tert.am.
[https://armenpress.am/arm/news/398018 Yerevan City Hall was opened]
[http://www.yerevan.am/edfiles/files/ANDZNAGIR/ashtarak%20ev%20hushardzan+.pdf Yerevan towers]

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