Pan-Armenian National Movement

The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian All-national Movement (Armenian: Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում, romanized: Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum; HHS) was a political party in Armenia.

Pan-Armenian National Movement
Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում
AbbreviationՀՀՇ
LeaderArarat Zurabyan
SpokespersonAlexander Arzumanyan
FoundedFebruary 20, 1988 (1988-02-20)
DissolvedFebruary 23, 2013 (2013-02-23)[1]
Succeeded byArmenian National Congress
Armenian National Movement Party
HeadquartersYerevan
Membership10,000 (1996)[2]
IdeologyLiberal democracy
Liberal nationalism[3]
Anti-communism
Political positionCentre to center-right
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Website
www.anm.am

History

The party emerged from the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Council of 20 February 1988, to reunite with Soviet Armenia.[4] Its first meetings, which demanded reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, were held in Yerevan on 21 February 1988. Its ruling committee led by Igor Muradyan was organized in the same month, and Levon Ter-Petrossian was incorporated into the ruling body in May 1988. On 15 June 1988, with representation of the movement in the Supreme Council, this body adopted a resolution on reunification of the two national units. PANM participated in the 1990 Armenian Supreme Soviet elections, gaining 59 seats in Parliament.[5]

The party nominated Ter-Petrossian as their candidate in the 1991 Armenian presidential election. Ter-Petrossian won the election, securing 83% of the vote. The party once again nominated Ter-Petrossian as their candidate in the 1996 Armenian presidential election, he won with 51.3% of the vote. The party eventually lost significance when Ter-Petrossian resigned as president in 1998. The party lost all its representation in the National Assembly following the 1999 Armenian parliamentary election, losing 62 seats.

Since 2010, the party had been a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party).

The party participated in the 2012 Armenian parliamentary election and won just one seat in the National Assembly.

Activities

In July 2012, the party participated in a forum of liberal parties from the Caucasus region. The forum included the Republican Party of Georgia and the Musavat party. Issues of joint regional cooperation, as well as, issues of integration into European structures was discussed.[6][7]

Dissolution and successor parties

The Pan-Armenian National Movement was last led by Aram Manukyan and the party officially dissolved in 2013.

The Pan-Armenian National Movement spearheaded the formation of Armenian National Congress, a diverse coalition of several Armenian opposition parties, headed by Levon Ter-Petrossian in opposition to the ruling governmental coalition headed by former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

The Armenian National Movement Party (ANM) also traces its early history to the Pan-Armenian National Movement, with Ararat Zurabyan currently leading the ANM.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Pan-Armenian National Movement renamed "Armenian National Congress" party". News.am. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. Wessenlink, Egbert (1 March 1997). "Armenia: After the 1996 Presidential Elections". refworld.org. WRITENET. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Despite its dominant position, in 1996 the ANM only had an estimated 10,000 members.
  3. Harutyunyan, Arus (2009). Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization. Western Michigan University. p. 165.
  4. "Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում (ՀՀՇ) կուսակցություն | historyofarmenia.am.am".
  5. "National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia | Official Web Site | parliament.am". www.parliament.am.
  6. "ՀՀՇ-ի, Ադրբեջական Մուսաֆաթի, Վրաստանի Հանրապետական կուսակցության ղեկավարների հանդիպում | Առավոտ - Լուրեր Հայաստանից".
  7. "ՀՀՇ-ականները մասնակցել են համաժողովի". A1Plus.
  8. "Կայացավ «Հայոց համազգային շարժում» կուսակցության հիմնադիր համագումարը". armenpress.am.
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