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Political party in Armenia
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն
Abbreviation
Henchag (SDHP)
Central Committee (Global) Chairman
Dr. Harry Hampartzoum Sarafian[1]
Executive Committee Chairman - Armenia
Sedrak Achemyan[2][3]
Founders
Avetis Nazarbekian, Mariam Vardanian, Gevorg Gharadjian, Ruben Khan-Azat, Christopher Ohanian, Gabriel Kafian and Manuel Manuelian
Founded
August 1887
Headquarters
Yerevan, Armenia
Newspaper
see Party publications
Youth wing
Gaidz Youth Organization
Membership
4,300 (in Armenia)[4]
Ideology
Social democracy Democratic socialism Armenian nationalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position
Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation
March 14 Alliance (in Lebanon)
International affiliation
None, formerly Second International
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The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) (Armenian: Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, romanized: Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian political party, founded in 1887 by a group of students in Geneva, Switzerland. It was the first socialist party to operate in the Ottoman Empire and in Iran, then known as Persia.[5] Among its founders were Avetis Nazarbekian, Mariam Vardanian, Gevorg Gharadjian, Ruben Khan-Azat, Christopher Ohanian, Gabriel Kafian, and Manuel Manuelian. Its original goal was attaining Armenia's independence from the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian national liberation movement.[6]
The party is also known as Hentchak, Henchak, Social-Democratic Hentchaks, Huntchakians, Hnchakian, Henchags, and its name is taken from its newspaper Hunchak, meaning "clarion" or "bell". This is taken by party members to represent "a call or awakening, for enlightenment and freedom".
^"Պատրաստակամ ենք Ձեզ հետ համագործակցելու բոլոր ոլորտներում՝ Սփյուռքի մեջ և հայրենիքում. ՍԴՀԿ պատվիրակությունը՝ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանին". www.primeminister.am.
^Ռ/Կ, «Ազատություն» (September 20, 2022). "Փաշինյանը հանդիպել է արտախորհրդարանական քաղաքական ուժերի ղեկավարներին" – via www.azatutyun.am.
^"Nikol Pashinyan meets with SDHK Chairman Sedrak Achemyan". www.primeminister.am.
^"Յուրաքանչյուր երկրորդ չափահաս հայաստանցին կուսակցակա՞ն". www.tert.am.
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