Republican Party of Armenia
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Republican Party of Armenia
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| Leader | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Yerevan |
| Membership | 140,000 (self-claimed) |
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National conservatism (self-proclaimed) Big tent Non-ideological |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
| International affiliation | None |
| National Assembly |
70 / 131
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The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն, ՀՀԿ; Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun, HHK) is a national conservativepolitical party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded (April 2, 1990) and registered (May 14, 1991). It is the largest party of the right wing in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members. The party controls most government bodies in Armenia.
The Economist magazine has described the RPA as a "typical post-Soviet 'party of power' mainly comprising senior government officials, civil servants, and wealthy business people dependent on government connections." It has been described by political commentators as essentially lacking political ideology.
The Republican Party's national conservative ideology is based on tseghakron, an early 20th-century Armenian nationalist ideology (roughly translated as "nation-religion"). It was formulated by Garegin Nzhdeh and holds that the Armenian national identity and state should carry religious significance for all ethnic Armenians. Former Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan classified this ideology as "Armenian racism".
The Republican Party of Armenia was established in 1990 by Ashot Navasardyan.
The birth of the RPA is also organically linked to the 1988 National Awakening, fight for independence and Artsakh national liberation struggle. The military-political unit Army of Independence, formed at the outset of the struggle, became the organizational basis of the RPA establishment. On April 2, 1990 the founding council composed of the detachment commanders of the Army of Independence proclaimed the establishment of the Republican Party of Armenia in Yerevan and became the first officially registered socio-political organization in the Republic of Armenia (registered on May 14, 1991).
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