Heritage
Ժառանգություն |
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Leader | Raffi Hovannisian |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Yerevan, Armenia |
Membership | 6,450 (2012) |
Ideology |
National liberalism (self-proclaimed) Liberalism Armenian nationalism Pro-Europeanism Pro-Western |
Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
European affiliation |
European People's Party (EPP) (observer) European Democratic Party (before 2012) |
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Website | |
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Heritage (Armenian: Ժառանգություն, Zharangut’yun) is an Armenian national liberal party. It was founded in 2002 by Raffi Hovannisian, independent Armenia's first Foreign Minister.
The party emerged as the fifth largest party in the National Assembly of Armenia after its debut in the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections. It obtained 7 seats and a popular vote of 5.81%.
In 2012 parliamentary election, Heritage won 5 seats by party-list with 86,998 votes. It is now the smallest faction in the Armenian parliament with Zaruhi Postanjyan as its leader.