18 Facts About Hayk Marutyan

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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