Founded 1920 Political position Far-left | Dissolved 1991 National affiliation CPSU | |
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Succeeded by Democratic Party of Armenia Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism | ||
The Communist Party of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն, Russian: Коммунистическая партия Армении) was a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union within Armenian SSR, and as such, the sole ruling party in Armenian SSR.
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Dissolution and succession
It was dissolved in 1991, and its leadership established the Democratic Party of Armenia. The same year, the new Armenian Communist Party was established under the leadership of Sergey Badalyan, which considered itself the successor of the Soviet Communist Party of Armenia.
Leaders
The title of the leader of the party almost always was "First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia".
References
Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA