Parliament speaker names ruling party's candidate for Gyumri mayor
Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party has picked Karen Sarukhanyan, a former governor of Shirak Province, as its candidate for the next mayor of Gyumri, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said.
“Karen Sarukhanyan is to top our electoral list,” he told reporters on Monday.
The speaker said the snap elections in Armenia’s second largest city could be held in early 2025 or in the second half of the year.
“No final decision has been made yet,” Simonyan added.
Sarukhanyan served as Shirak governor from June 2018 to January 2019.