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18 Facts About Hayk Marutyan

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Hayk Hrachyayi Marutyan is an Armenian actor, comedian, filmmaker and politician.

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Hayk Marutyan was the mayor of Yerevan from October 2018 to December 2021.

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Hayk Marutyan later starred in several comedy films, including Super Mother and Love Odd.

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Hayk Marutyan became actively involved in civic activism during the presidency of Serzh Sargsyan.

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Hayk Marutyan became the first mayor of Yerevan to be removed by a vote of no confidence by the Yerevan City Council in December 2021 amid political disagreements with the ruling government and Civil Contract party, which he left in December 2020.

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On 1 May 2024, Hayk Marutyan founded the New Power party.

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Hayk Marutyan graduated from Anania Shirakatsy Lyceum and then continued his education at the Yerevan Polytechnic, graduating in 1997.

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Hayk Marutyan later served his mandatory military conscription at a special unit of the National Security Service until 1998.

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Hayk Marutyan is married to Iva, a Czech national whom he met in 2004.

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Hayk Marutyan participated in social and political movements from the early 2010s.

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On 30 July 2018, Hayk Marutyan was named by Civil Contract as their candidate for mayor of Yerevan after the resignation of Republican Taron Margaryan.

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Hayk Marutyan was elected the mayor of Yerevan on September 23,2018.

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The alliance which Hayk Marutyan led was called My Step, a reference to the revolution.

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The situation culminated in Hayk Marutyan unilaterally terminating all contracts with the company in October 2019 after fining it several times.

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Hayk Marutyan vowed to add more green spaces in Yerevan, including removing illegally built properties on formerly green spaces.

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Hayk Marutyan had vowed to replace Yerevan's public transportation system with a new one within two to four years.

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Hayk Marutyan starred in more than 10 movies and TV shows.

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Hayk Marutyan worked for Sharm company from 1996 to 2002 as a scriptwriter, director.