Republican Party of Armenia

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The Republican Party of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցութուն, Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun, HHK) is a conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded (2 April 1990) and registered (14 May 1991).

At the last elections (25 May 2003), the party received 23.5% of the popular vote, winning 31 out of 131 seats. The current prime minister, Andranik Markaryan, is from the party.