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Montréal— It is with great enthusiasm that Montréal Mayor Gérald Tremblay announced his recommendation that Mr. Harout Chitilian be named President of City Council.

“Harout Chitilian is clearly the right person to guide the Council in its work. I am certain that he will achieve a consensus among his colleagues and stand out for his sense of fairness and his ability to bring people together. Once named, Mr. Chitilian will become the youngest President in the history of Montréal’s City Council. This appointment shows Montrealers that our Administration is placing great emphasis on the succession,” said Mayor Tremblay.

At the age of 30, Harout Chitilian has already acquired an impressive track record and speaks several languages fluently. Elected City Councillor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville on November 1, 2009, he is now the Executive Committee’s Associate Councillor for Youth and Economic Development. Mr. Chitilian is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Conférence régionale des Élus de Montréal and of his borough’s Corporation de Développement économique et communautaire. Moreover, he sits on the Board of MR3 Relève. Before turning to politics, this engineer by training served as a specialized consultant for several multinational firms in fields of telecommunications and information technologies.

Mayor Tremblay today also announced his recommendation to rename Elsie Lefebvre as Vice-President of City Council.

City Council is to ratify these appointments at its next meeting to be held on June 20th