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Armenian Renaissance (party)
Orinats Yerkir (, ՕԵԿ/OEK) is a political party operating in Armenia. Its foundation was in 1998, and founder Artur Baghdasaryan continues to lead the party. The party was formerly known as Armenian Renaissance (), during the run-up to the 2017 parliamentary elections. The party's name is translated into English in a number of ways, including Country of Law and Rule of Law. Party history The party participated in elections for the first time during the 1999 Armenian parliamentary election, winning a total of 6 seats in the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly. Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, 2003 elections, the party won 19 seats. Also in 2003, Gagik Aslanyan, the Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, opted to merge his party with Orinats Yerkir. Following the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, the party obtained 9 seats in the National Assembly. In the 2008 Armenian presidential election, February 2008 presidential election, Baghdasary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Baghdasaryan
Artur Baghdasaryan (, born November 8, 1968) is an Armenian politician and former chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia and a former secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia. He is the leader of the Rule of Law party. He is married and has two children. Biography Baghdasaryan was born in Yerevan. In 1985, he finished the Khachatur Abovian Secondary School in Yerevan. In the same year, he entered the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University and graduated in 1992. He served in the army from 1988 to 1989. From 1989 to 1993, Artur Baghdasaryan worked as a journalist, serving as head of department and later as deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Avangard''. In November 1993, he entered public service when he was elected deputy chairman of the Executive Committee of the Shengavit Community Council. While advancing his career, Baghdasaryan pursued higher education, graduating with honors from the Academy of Civil Service in 1997. In 1995, he defended his P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan City Council
The Yerevan City Council () is the lawmaking body of the city of Yerevan, the capital and largest city of Armenia. It has 65 members elected by party-list proportional representation system, headed by the Mayor of Yerevan. The council monitors performance of city agencies and makes land use decisions, as well as, legislating on a variety of other issues. The city council also has sole responsibility for approving the city budget and each member is limited to three consecutive terms in office and can run again after a four-year respite. Elections Appointment "Yerevan City Council elections are being conducted every five years with proportional lists of parties. The City Council has 65 members. The first person in the list of the party that has received more than 40% of seats, is considered elected mayor. If the parties fail to gather so many votes, the mayor will be elected by City Council." Past elections * Yerevan City Council election, 2009 * Yerevan City Council election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Armenian Parliamentary Election
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homeland Salvation Movement
The Homeland Salvation Movement () was an Armenian political alliance, consisting of several opposition political parties, led by Vazgen Manukyan. History The alliance was established on 3 December 2020 from the dissatisfaction of the Government of Armenia's handling of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The alliance was critical of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement which followed and actively called for the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan to resign. The alliance had proposed for itself to assume interim power, which would then be followed by elections. On 3 December 2020, the Homeland Salvation Movement announced former Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan as their candidate to lead an interim government. Vazgen Manukyan had stated that, "We must be ready to take power by rebelling with lightning speed" and had previously called for an uprising to oust Nikol Pashinyan in late January 2021. A criminal case for 'threats to violently overthrow constitutional order' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–2021 Armenian Protests
The 2020−2021 Armenian protests (also known as the March of Dignity; ) were a series of protests that began following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 November 2020. After Prime Minister of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that he signed an agreement to cede Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian-occupied territories in Azerbaijan and put an end to 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, six weeks of hostilities over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, thousands of people took to the streets, and hundreds stormed the National Assembly Building of Armenia, Parliament building in the capital Yerevan. Protests continued throughout November, with demonstrations in Yerevan and other cities demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan. The protests were led by two different political coalitions: the National Democratic Pole, a pro-Western and pro-European alliance consisting of several political figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Armenian Parliamentary Election
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for Prime Minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on 16 October. They were the first elections after the 2018 Armenian revolution, 2018 revolution and the country's first-ever snap elections. The result was a landslide victory for Pashinyan's My Step Alliance, which received 70% of the vote and won 88 of the 132 seats in the National Assembly. Electoral system The 101 members of the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly are elected by party-list proportional representation. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an election threshold of 5% for parties and 7% for multi-party alliances. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Yerevan City Council Election
Yerevan City Council elections were held on 23 September 2018. The snap election was triggered after the resignation of former mayor Taron Margaryan amid the aftermath of the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution. Well-known comedian and actor Hayk Marutyan, heading the electoral list of the My Step Alliance, was elected to the office of mayor of Yerevan. Candidates 979 candidates competed for 65 open seats in the Yerevan city council (also known as the "council of elders"). A total of 12 parties/alliances participated in the election (numbered below according to the electoral ballot listing): *1. Prosperous Armenia, led by Naira Zohrabyan, member of the National Assembly and the vice-president of Prosperous Armenia. *2. Yerevan Society Alliance (also known as "Happy Society Alliance"), includes the Green Party of Armenia and the Alliance of Ideological Liberals (GALA party), led by Anahit Tarkhanyan, wife of 2013 presidential election candidate Andrias Ghukasyan. *3. Yerevantsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Armenian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 2 April 2017. They were the first elections after a 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, constitutional referendum in 2015 that approved reforms for the country to become a parliamentary republic. The result was a victory for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which won 58 of the 105 seats in the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly. Electoral system At the time of the 2012 Armenian parliamentary election, previous elections in 2012, the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly had 131 seats, of which 41 were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 90 by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5%. However, a 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, referendum in December 2015 approved constitutional amendments reducing the minimum number of seats in the National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly to 101, all of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unified Armenians Party
The Unified Armenians Party () is a political party in Armenia. It is led by Ruben Avagyan. History The party nominated Ruben Avagyan as its candidate in the 2003 Armenian presidential election. Avagyan came in sixth place, receiving 0.41% of the vote. The party failed to gain any representation in the National Assembly after the 2012 Armenian parliamentary election, receiving just 0.20% of the popular vote. In 2017, the party formed the "Armenian Renaissance" alliance and merged with Orinats Yerkir, a centrist Pro-European political party. However, the alliance failed to win any seats following the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election, receiving only 3.72% of the popular vote. The alliance dissolved shortly after. The party did not participate in the 2018 or 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections. Ideology The party maintains a centrist, national-patriotic ideology and supports the development a strong civil society and democracy in Armenia, while strengthening living standards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Alliance
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who are not numerous enough to form parliamentary groups in their own names, to join with other parties or independent politicians in order to benefit from rights or privileges that are only accorded to formally recognized groups. An electoral alliance, where political parties associate only for elections, is similar to a parliamentary group. A technical group is similar to a parliamentary group but with members of differing ideologies. In contrast, a political faction is a subgroup within a political party and a coalition forms only after elections. Parliamentary groups may elect a parliamentary leader; such leaders are often important political players. Parliamentary groups in some cases use party discipline to control the votes of their me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party Of Armenia
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, ; , ''HHK'') is a National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Armenia, political party in Armenia led by the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. 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 politics, right-wing in Armenia, and claims to have had 140,000 members at its heyday. It was the ruling party of Armenia from 1999 to 2018. After the latest 2021 Armenian parliamentary election, parliamentary elections in June 2021, the party entered parliament as a part of the opposition I Have Honor Alliance. ''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." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serzh Sargsyan
Serzh Azati Sargsyan (, ; born 30 June 1954)Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan . President.am. Retrieved on 21 June 2014. is an n politician who served as the third President of Armenia from 2008 to 2018, and twice as the from 2007 to 2008 and again from 17 to 23 April 2018, when he was forced to resign in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
