Argishti Mekhakyan appointed Armavir governor 

ArmInfo. Former MP from the  ruling faction "My Step" Argishti Mekhakyan will head the Armavir  region of Armenia. The decision was made on December 5 at a  government meeting. Argishti Mekhakyan (born in 1986) graduated from  the Economics Department of Yerevan State University in 2007. 

Participated in the international youth exchange program 'T.A.L.K"  (2013, Sweden), in the educational visit of organizations engaged in  youth policy (2016, Ireland). On December 9, 2018, he was elected as  a member of the National Assembly from the list of the My Step bloc  of parties. 

In December 2020, he resigned his deputy mandate and was appointed  deputy governor of the Armavir region. A year later, on December 5,  he left the post and, heading the proportional list of the ruling  Civil Contract party in the local elections, was elected head of the  Khoy municipality of the Armavir region. Let us recall that the  former head of the region, David Khudatyan, was appointed Minister of  Territorial Administration and Infrastructure on November 20.