Armen Grigoryan, who headed the electoral list of the Businessman Party, has been elected head of the Stepanavan community at a meeting of the newly elected local council.
Grigoryan participated in the local government elections as the Businessman Party’s lead candidate and emerged victorious.
At the beginning of the meeting, those present observed a minute of silence in memory of Arsen Gevorgyan, a candidate for head of the Stepanavan community who died suddenly at the Nubarashen penitentiary institution, Sputnik Armenia reports.
The four council members representing the opposition Strong Armenia party did not attend the meeting. The party, which secured four seats on the council, said its representatives were absent because of Gevorgyan’s death.
On November 10, Gevorgyan, Strong Armenia’s candidate for head of the Stepanavan community, died at a penitentiary institution. His death was reported as resulting from a myocardial infarction. He had been remanded in custody for two months ahead of the elections.
