Kamo Areyan

Kamo Areyan (; born 20 November 1957) is an Armenian economist and politician. then under Hrachya Sargsyan. Sargsyan stepped down in March 2023, leaving the position of mayor vacant. in the village of Nerkin Sasnashen in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

Political career In 1995, Areyan became a member of the National Assembly in Yerevan, a role he held for four years. During this time, he was a nonpartisan member of the Assembly's Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs.

Areyan became the First Deputy Mayor of Yerevan in 2003, and 2017. In May 2013, he was elected to the Yerevan City Council as a proportional representative of the Republican Party of Armenia. before being relieved from his position in the Mayor's office nine days later when his seat on the Council was voided due to the Republican Party no longer being represented. He remained in this role under Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan and the subsequent mayoral vacancy beginning in March 2023.

Areyan was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi medal in 2007 and the 2nd degree medal Services to the Motherland for his political work in 2014.

Personal life His wife, Armenouhi Harutyunyan, co-owns the tourist company Armane Yekir with Areyan. Their eldest son, Mher, is a businessman and was awarded a scholarship from the Toronto chapter of the Armenian General Benevolent Union in 2011. Their younger son, Vahagn, is a private entrepreneur.