Harout Chitilian (Armenian: Հարութ Շիթիլեան) (born in 1980 in Beirut, Lebanon)[1] is a former city councillor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, former chairman of the council, he held the position of vice president of the executive committee of Montreal city until his electoral defeat in November 2017.

[2][3] Originally elected as a member of Union Montreal, Chitilian sat as an independent councillor from December 2012 to August 2013, when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.

[10][11][12] In December 2012, he announced he was quitting Union Montreal without joining any other party, but preferring to become an independent councillor.

[14] On November 18, 2013, he got appointed vice-president of the executive committee, in charge of administrative reform, Smart City, technology & information.

[15] Chitilian lost his seat in the 2017 municipal general election and has become a director of CDPQ Infra, the subsidiary of Quebec's Caisse de dépôt created to manage construction of Montreal's REM light rail system.