The United Communist Party of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Միավորված Կոմունիստական Կուսակցության, abbreviated hy, ՀՄԿԿ / HMKK, ''Hayastani Miatsial Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun'') is a communist political party in Armenia. It was formed on July 7, 2003 through the merger of: *

Renewed Communist Party of Armenia Renewed Communist Party of Armenia (in Armenian language, Armenian: ''Hayastani Noratsvats Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun'') was a political party in Armenia. HNKK was formed on May 25, 2002, by former Armenian Communist Party (HKK) leaders Yuri Manukia ...

- (in hy, Հայաստանի նորացված կոմունիստական կուսակցություն, translit=Hayastani Noratsvats Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun) abbreviated HNKK, formed on May 25, 2002, by former

Armenian Communist Party The Armenian Communist Party ( hy, Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն, ՀԿԿ; ''Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun'', HKK) is a communist party in Armenia. It considers itself the successor to the Armenia ...

(HKK) leaders Yuri Manukian and Grant Voskanyan who had been expelled from HKK the previous year on the grounds that they had advocated cooperation with the government. Manukian became the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Communist Party of Armenia *

Armenian Workers Communist Party Armenian Labour Communist Party (in Armenian: ''Hayastani Ashkhatavorutian Komunistakan Kusaktsutiun'') was a political party in Armenia. History On 7 July 2003, the party dissolved as party members merged into the United Communist Party of Armen ...

- (in hy, Հայաստանի աշխատավորության կոմունիստական կուսակցություն, translit=Hayastani Ashkhatavorutian Komunistakan Kusaktsutiun) *Armenian Workers Union - (in hy, Հայ աշխատավորների միություն) founded in 1999. *

Union of Communists of Armenia Union of Communists of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի կոմունիստների միություն) was a communist party in Armenia. History Prior to the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the party formed part of the Free and Fair Armenia ...

- (in Armenian: Հայաստանի կոմունիստների միություն). In the 2003 elections, the party formed part of the

Free and Fair Armenia Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything * Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism * Emancipate, to procur ...

electoral bloc before joining the United Communist Party of Armenia. * Marxist Party of Armenia - (in hy, Հայաստանի մարքսիստական կուսակցություն) The Marxist Party of Armenia had registered in 1997, but failed to get re-registered by 1 January 2001. In the 2003 elections, the party formed part of the

electoral bloc before joining the United Communist Party of Armenia. *Party of Intellectuals. The HMKK held its first congress on March 25, 2004.

Yuri Manoukian Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. *Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...

was elected First Secretary of the party. The meeting saw the election of a 77-member

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

and a 17-member

Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

. The HMKK considers itself as a "constructive opposition party". It has closer links to the government than the main

and does not join opposition fronts. The HMKK extended its support to the successful presidential bid of Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan.

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