Yervand Zakharyan

Yervand Zakharyan
Երվանդ Զախարյան
Zakharyan in 2006
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Assumed office
April 30, 2014
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan
Preceded byArmen Movsisyan
Mayor of Yerevan
In office
July 1, 2003 – 2009
Preceded byRobert Nazaryan
Succeeded byGagik Beglaryan
Minister of the State Revenues
In office
2001–2002
Minister of Transport and Communication
In office
2001–2001
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Deputy Minister of the State Revenues
Assumed office
2000
Minister of Transport
In office
1998–2000
PresidentRobert Kocharyan
Succeeded byRobert Nazaryan
Armenia Deputy Minister of Energy
Personal details
Born (1946-05-14) May 14, 1946 (age 78)
village of Saler, Shamkir region, Azerbaijan SSR
Political partyRepublican Party of Armenia
SpouseMarried
ChildrenThree children
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionArmenian

Yervand Zakharyan (Armenian: Երվանդ Զախարյան; born 14 May 1946[1]) is an Armenian politician and the former mayor of the Armenian capital Yerevan. He is a member of the country's Republican Party and was the 8th mayor of the Armenian capital since Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.