Republican Party of Armenia

Republican Party of Armenia

Infobox Political party
name_english = Republican party

Chairman = Serzh Sargsyan
foundation = 1990
ideology = National Conservatism, Nationalism, Christian democracy
international =
headquarters = Yerevan
The Republican Party of Armenia ( _hy. Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն, "Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun", "HHK") is a National conservative [http://www.hhk.am/eng/index.php?page=program] , Nationalist and Christian democratic political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded (2 April 1990) and registered (14 May 1991). It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia.

At the 2003 parliamentary elections on May 25, the party received 23.5% of the popular vote, winning 31 out of 131 seats. At the last parliamentary elections on May 12, 2007, the party received 32.82% of the popular vote, winning 64 out of 131 seats. The former prime minister, Andranik Markaryan, was the leader of the party.Current President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, is the chairman of HHK board. Political wise the strongest party in the country are the Republicans.

External links

* [http://www.hhk.am/ Republican Party of Armenia] official site


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