Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
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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]
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն | |
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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 Armenian nationalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | March 14 Alliance (in Lebanon) |
International affiliation | None, formerly Second International |
National Assembly of Armenia | 0 / 107 |
Parliament of Lebanon | 0 / 128 |
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".