YEREVAN. – By the order of Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan, Avet Poghosyan was appointed head of the Kentron district.

Poghosyan was nominated by the Armenian National Congress (ANC) party list in 2012 as a candidate for deputy; currently he is a member of the ANC Board.

Hakob Karapetyan, a spokesman for the mayor, wrote on his Facebook page that prior to his appointment, Poghosyan had served as advisor to the secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, and is nonpartisan.