Ramgavar
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն | |
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| Chairman of the Central Board | Mike Kharapean |
| Founded | 1 October 1921 |
| Merger of | Armenakan Party Liberal Party of the Reformed Hunchakians Armenian Constitutional Democratic Party Armenian Populist Party |
| Headquarters | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Ideology | Armenian nationalism National liberalism Classical liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colors | Blue |
| National Assembly | 0 / 107 |
| Website | |
| ramgavar.am | |
| History of Armenia |
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| Timeline • Origins • Etymology |
The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Armenian: Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն, romanized: Ramgavar Azadagan Gusagtsutyun; ՌԱԿ / ADL), often called the Ramgavar Party, is a political party in the Armenian diaspora including the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Australia.
It was established in Constantinople in 1921 as a result of the unification of four political parties: the Armenakan Party, the Liberal Party of the Reformed Hunchakians, the Armenian Constitutional Democratic Party (1907–1921), which had acted within the frame of constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, and the Armenian Populist Party.
The party established its main headquarters in Egypt and later Lebanon, with branches in Syria, Greece, France, the United States, Canada, and Argentina.
In 1991, the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia was founded in Armenia as a local counterpart to the Ramgavar Party of the diaspora. Various rifts within the party caused the formation of the rival Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party in 2009. Both parties were then unified in 2012 under the name "Democratic Liberal Party (Armenia)".