Hayk Marutyan
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Hayk Marutyan | |
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Հայկ Մարության | |
 Marutyan in 2018 | |
| 58th Mayor of Yerevan | |
| In office 13 October 2018 – 22 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Taron Margaryan Kamo Areyan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hrachya Sargsyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1976 |
| Party | New Power |
| Other political affiliations | Civil Contract (2018–2020)[1] National Progress Party of Armenia (2023) |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, politician |
Hayk Hrachyayi Marutyan (Armenian: Հայկ Հրաչյայի Մարության; born December 18, 1976) is an Armenian actor, comedian, filmmaker and politician. He was the mayor of Yerevan from October 2018 to December 2021.
Marutyan rose to prominence as half of the comedy duo "Hayko Mko" (with Mkrtich "Mko" Arzumanyan) in the 2000s. They co-produced Kargin Haghordum (2002–09) and Kargin Serial (2010-13). Due to these, he is widely known as Kargin Hayko (Armenian: Կարգին Հայկո) to the Armenian public. He later starred in several comedy films, including Super Mother and Love Odd.
Marutyan became actively involved in civic activism during the presidency of Serzh Sargsyan. During the 2018 revolution he actively supported Nikol Pashinyan. He joined Pashinyan's Civil Contract party and was nominated as their candidate for mayor of Yerevan. He was elected mayor in a sweeping victory by garnering some 81.06% of the votes.[2] 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.[3]
In the run up to the 2023 Yerevan City Council election, Marutyan was nominated by the National Progress Party of Armenia as the party's mayoral candidate.[4]
On 1 May 2024, Marutyan founded the New Power party. He was elected party Chairman.
Marutyan was born in Yerevan on December 18, 1976.[citation needed] He graduated from Anania Shirakatsy Lyceum and then continued his education at the Yerevan Polytechnic, graduating in 1997.[5][6][unreliable source?] He later served his mandatory military conscription at a special unit of the National Security Service until 1998.
Marutyan is married to Iva, a Czech national whom he met in 2004.[5] They have 4 children Alice, Artur, Adele and Arman.[7]
Career
From the mid-1990s, Marutyan worked as a screenwriter, director, and an actor.[5] In 2002, he founded Kargin Studio, producing the TV series Kargin Haghordum (2002–09) and Kargin Serial (2010-13). He starred with Mkrtich Arzumanyan (Mko).[5]
