Prosperous Armenia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prosperous Armenia (Armenian: Բարգավաճ Հայաստանի Կուսակցություն, Bargavadj Hayastani Kusaktsutyun, BHK) is a political party in Armenia. It was founded by Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman, in late 2005.^[1] It debuted in the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, winning 24 seats and 14.68% of the votes, making it the second largest political party in parliament.

Prosperous Armenia backed Serzh Sargsyan in the February 2008 presidential election.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Liz Fuller, "Armenia: Election Campaign Gets Off To Uneasy Start", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, April 19, 2007.
^ "Sarkisian Thanks Armenians For ‘Overwhelming Support’", Armenialiberty.org, 21 February 2008.

[edit] External links

Prosperous Armenia official site

v • d • e Political parties in Armenia

Parliamentary parties	Republican Party of Armenia - Prosperous Armenia - Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Rule of Law - Heritage

Other parties	United Labour Party - National Unity - New Times - People's Party - Union Party - People's Party of Armenia - Republic Party - Impeachment Union - New Country - Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia - Mighty Fatherland - Democratic Liberal Party - Dignity, Democracy, Motherland - Union of Industrialists and Women - Armenian Communist Party - Law and Unity - All Armenian Labour Party

Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Armenia