Pan-Armenian National Movement

Pan-Armenian National Movement
Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum
Leader Aram Manukyan
Founded February 20, 1988
Dissolved February 23, 2013[1]
Headquarters Yerevan
Ideology Liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Anti-communism
International affiliation None
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Website
www.anm.am
Politics of Armenia
Political parties
Elections

The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian Allnational Movement (Armenian: Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում, Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum) is a political party in Armenia.

Emerged from the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Council of February 20, 1988, to reunite with Soviet Armenia, with first meetings demanding reunification, held in Yerevan on February 21, 1988. Its ruling committee with Igor Muradyan organized in the same month, and Levon Ter-Petrossian incorporated in the ruling body in May, 1988. On June 15, 1988, under the pressure and with representation of the movement in the Armenian Supreme Soviet, this body adopted positive resolution on reunification of two national units. The PANM became the ruling party when it swept the 1990 elections. The party lost its majority when Ter-Petrossian resigned as president of the republic in 1998 and became an opposition party. Presently it is without parliamentary representation.

Pan-Armenian National Movement spearheaded the formation of Armenian National Congress, a wide opposition coalition of many opposition Armenian parties headed by Levon Ter-Petrossian in opposition to the current ruling governmental coalition headed by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan

Currently the party is led by Aram Manukyan. Since 2010 the party has been a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party).

References

  1. ↑ "Pan-Armenian National Movement renamed "Armenian National Congress" party". News.am. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

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