ARMENIA’S RULING PARTY TO CONVENE MEETING THIS WEEK
news.am
July 16, 2012 | 12:58
YEREVAN.- The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is likely to convene
an executive body meeting this week, a reliable source told Armenian
News-NEWS.am.
The party members will discuss the issues related to RPA’s activities.
The meeting will take place in one of the RPA offices in the center
of Yerevan.
RPA is a ruling conservative party in Armenia founded on 2 April, 1990,
and registered on 14 May, 1991, being the first officially registered
socio-political organization in the independent Republic of Armenia.
The founder of the party was Ashot Navasardyan. After his death the
party was headed by former Armenian prime minister, very influential
political figure, Vazgen Sargsyan, who was killed in 1999 terrorist
attack in the parliament. He was replaced by another Armenian Premier
Andranik Margaryan. After Margaryan’s death, the incumbent Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan took the office of the chairman of RPA board.
As a result of May 6 parliamentary elections RPA got 69 seats in the
National Assembly.