Editing Yerevan (section)

===Municipality===
{{See also|List of mayors of Yerevan}}
[[File:Yerevan city hall, vodka & brandy factory.jpg|thumb|[[Yerevan City Council|Yerevan City Hall]] (right)]]
Yerevan received the status of a city on 1 October 1879, upon a decree issued by Tsar [[Alexander II of Russia]]. The first city council formed was headed by Hovhannes Ghorghanyan, who became the first mayor of Yerevan.

The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia adopted on 5 July 1995, granted Yerevan the status of a [[Marz (Armenia)|marz]] (մարզ, province).<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.president.am/library/constitution/eng/?chapter=7|title=Article 108 of the Armenian Constitution|access-date=16 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124085555/http://president.am/library/constitution/eng/?chapter=7|archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> Therefore, Yerevan functions similarly to the provinces of Armenia with a few specifications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.president.am/library/constitution/eng/?chapter=9|title=Article 117 of the Armenian Constitution|access-date=16 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123033934/http://president.am/library/constitution/eng/?chapter=9|archive-date=23 January 2009}}</ref>
The administrative authority of Yerevan is thus represented by:
* the mayor, appointed by the President (who can remove him at any moment) upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister,<ref name="autogenerated1"/> alongside a group of four deputy mayors heading eleven ministries (of which financial, transport, urban development etc.),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yerevan.am/index.php?page=structure|title=Yerevan municipality structure|access-date=16 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202051946/http://www.yerevan.am/index.php?page=structure|archive-date=2 February 2008}}</ref>
* the [[Yerevan City Council]], regrouping the Heads of community districts under the authority of the mayor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1305&lang=eng|title=Article 82 of 7 May 2002 Law relative to local autonomy|access-date=16 May 2008|archive-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026141350/http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1305&lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>
* twelve "community districts", with each having its own leader and their elected councils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1305&lang=eng|title=Article 77 on 7 May 2002 Law relative to local autonomy|access-date=16 May 2008|archive-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026141350/http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1305&lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref> Yerevan has a principal city hall and twelve deputy mayors of districts.

In the modified Constitution of 27 November 2005, Yerevan city was turned into a "community" (համայնք, ''hamaynk''); since, the Constitution declares that this community has to be led by a mayor, elected directly or indirectly, and that the city needs to be governed by a specific law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.president.am/library/constitution/eng/ |title=Articles 88.1 and 108 of the Armenian Constitution |access-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013082548/http://www.president.am/library/constitution/eng/ |archive-date=13 October 2008 }}</ref> The first election of the Yerevan City Council took place in [[Yerevan City Council election, 2009|2009]] and won by the ruling [[Republican Party of Armenia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/APFeaturesManager/defaultArtSiteVoir.asp?ID=729|title=Declaration of a member of the Assembly of the Council of Europe.|access-date=16 May 2008|language=fr|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718090016/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/APFeaturesManager/defaultArtSiteVoir.asp?ID=729|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2007/10/18/ereven/|title=Panorama.am, ''Executive prefers to have indirect elections for mayor''|date=18 October 2007|access-date=16 May 2008|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718080816/http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2007/10/18/ereven/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to the national police and road police, Yerevan has its own municipal police. All three bodies cooperate to maintain law in the city.