Hayk Marutyan Hires Individual Dismissed by Pashinyan

Discussions about the tense relationship between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan continue. In this context, it is noteworthy that Marutyan has recently hired a person dismissed by the Prime Minister in the city hall.

The individual in question is Ara Gabrielyan, who served as the acting deputy secretary of the staff and was previously the deputy head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) before being dismissed by Pashinyan’s order. Notably, there is no information about Gabrielyan on the official website of Yerevan Municipality, and even his photo is missing.

According to our information, Ara Gabrielyan is preventing his official biography and photo from being published on the website, possibly due to his not-so-clean past. When Gabrielyan was dismissed from his position by Pashinyan's order, it was reported that SRC Chairman Davit Ananyan was dissatisfied with the heads of the customs department and demanded their resignation. However, it seems that Prime Minister Pashinyan also had his grievances.

It is important to note that Ara Gabrielyan was convicted in the United States for stalking a 35-year-old ex-girlfriend using GPS. According to reports, Gabrielyan had resided in the U.S. before his conviction, where he extended his stay based on fake documents and worked for years as an editor in various Armenian television companies. He returned to Armenia in 2015 and began working for