Newly Appointed Kotayk Governor=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s Business Ties to the Prime Minister=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s Family

14:46, April 2, 2015

The Armenian government today appointed Abovyan Mayor Karapet Gouloyan as the new provincial governor (marzpet) of Kotayk.

Karapet Gouloyan is the son of Prosperous Armenia MP Mourad Gouloyan and the son-in-law of that party's founder Gagik Tsarukyan (seen in photo).

As to why the young Gouloyan, who has only served as mayor of Abovyan (pop. 42,000), has been appointed provincial governor remains a mystery. What skills does he bring to the job?

What we do know is that Karapet Gouloyan is one of the wealthiest mayors in Armenia. Purely by coincidence, his wife and the wife of Argam Abrahamyan (the prime minister's son) are sisters.  Read more... (353 words)

Armenian News