Hayko Marutyan
Hayko Marutyan 
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| Name in Armenian | Հայկ Մարության |
| Birthplace | Yerevan |
| Birth date | 18 December 1976 |
| Lived in | Yerevan |
| Resides in | Yerevan |
| Profession | Actor, producer, politician |
| Positions | Mayor of Yerevan |
| Affiliations | Civil Contract |
| Languages | Armenian, Russian |
| Ethnicities | Armenian |
| Dialects | Eastern Armenian |
Hayk "Hayko" Marutyan (Armenian: Հայկ Մարության, born December 18, 1976) is an Armenian actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and politician currently serving as the mayor of Yerevan.
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). 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 landslide victory by garnering some 81% of the vote in a widely praised elections.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayk_Marutyan
ex-mayor Hayk Marutyan has agreed to join the pro-Russian former regime and a party of fugitives to become Yerevan mayor and later remove Pashinyan from power
Marutyan will need 33 Council votes to become Yerevan mayor. For that, he needs the support of the former regime (Tevanyan) and a party of fugitives (Dog).
The pro-Russian former regime wants Marutyan to help them remove Pashinyan. Marutyan has agreed that Pashinyan's removal will be their next step. Not through the streets, but through elections.
The party of fugitives wants its members to be assigned to supervisory roles. Marutyan promises to assign them as long as they pass through the necessary competition process. He also promises to create a new monitoring commission and appoint Dog's people to lead it.
The council will hold a vote to elect a mayor in a few days.
[source,](https://factor.am/694293.html) [source,](https://factor.am/694290.html) [source,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CozzaPA2Z-Q) [source,](https://hetq.am/hy/article/160646)