Karen Karapetyan, former Mayor of Yerevan and First Vice President of Gazprombank, may become a candidate for President of Armenia in 2013, News Armenia reports.
Prosperous Armenia and the Armenian National Congress may for a consensus around the official. Russia may also encourage Karapetyan to go ahead.
Karen Karapetyan resigned as the Yerevan Mayor on October 28, 2011, staying in office less than a year. He used to be the Director General of ArmRosgazprom, the monopolist of gas distribution in Armenia.
![November 2025 in photos: New Year at GUM, the "City of Living Stories," and autumn scenes](https://en.vestikavkaza.ru/upload2/s400xfull/2025-12-02/1764706769692f49d1538777.83780174.webp "November 2025 in photos: New Year at GUM, the "City of Living Stories," and autumn scenes")
!["City of Living Stories" Museum commemorating 1941 Parade starts on Red Square](https://en.vestikavkaza.ru/upload2/s400xfull/2025-11-11/1762891681691397a1526b44.05389807.webp ""City of Living Stories" Museum commemorating 1941 Parade starts on Red Square")