The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian All-national Movement ( hy, Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում, translit=Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum; HHS) was a
political party
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in
Armenia
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.
History
The party emerged from the resolution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is m ...
Autonomous Council of 20 February 1988, to reunite with
Soviet Armenia
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
. 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
Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...
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.
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
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.
Activities
In July 2012, the party participated in a forum of liberal parties from the
Caucasus
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region. The forum included the
Republican Party of Georgia
The Republican Party of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს რესპუბლიკური პარტია, ''sakartvelos resp'ublik'uri part'ia''), commonly known as the Republicans (რესპუბლიკელებ ...
and the
Musavat
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Early Musa ...
party. Issues of joint regional cooperation, as well as, issues of
integration
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into European structures was discussed.
Dissolution and successor parties
The Pan-Armenian National Movement was last led by
Aram Manukyan
Aram Manukyan ( hy, Արամ Մանուկյան; born March 9, 1957) is an Armenian politician.
Early life
Born in Vanadzor, Manukian graduated from the Hovhannes Tumanyan State Pedagogical University with a degree in physics. Between 1978 and 1 ...
and the party officially dissolved in 2013.
The Pan-Armenian National Movement spearheaded the formation of
Armenian National Congress
The Armenian National Congress ( hy, italic=yes, Հայ Ազգային Կոնգրես, translit=Hay Azgayin Kongres) is an Armenian political party led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and formed in 2008. Its direct predecessor was the P ...
, 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
Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)[Of ...](_blank)
.
The
Armenian National Movement Party (ANM) also traces its early history to the Pan-Armenian National Movement, with Ararat Zurabyan currently leading the ANM.
See also
*
Karabakh Committee
Karabakh Committee ( hy, Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as the ''de facto'' leaders in the late 1980s. The Committee was formed in 1988, with the stated objective of reunification of ...
*
Programs of political parties in Armenia
This article lists political parties of the National Assembly of Armenia and represents their programs. Armenia became an independent state in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since then, many political parties were formed in it, who ...
References
External links
Pan-Armenian National MovementOfficial website
{{Portal bar, Liberalism, Politics
1988 establishments in the Soviet Union
2013 disestablishments in Armenia
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party member parties
Anti-communist parties
Defunct political parties in Armenia
Nationalist parties in Armenia
Political parties disestablished in 2013
Political parties established in 1988
Pro-independence parties in the Soviet Union
Liberal parties in Armenia