Prosperous Armenia

Prosperous Armenia

Prosperous Armenia ( _hy. Բարգավաճ Հայաստանի Կուսակցություն, "Bargavadj Hayastani Kusaktsutyun", "BHK") is a political party in Armenia. It was founded by Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman, in late 2005. [Liz Fuller, [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/16f2ef9f-2f7c-44e2-9328-ab52e5f3c2c4.html "Armenia: Election Campaign Gets Off To Uneasy Start"] , Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, April 19, 2007.] It debuted in the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, winning 24 seats and 14.68% of the votes, making it the second largest political party in parliament.

Prosperous Armenia backed Serzh Sargsyan in the February 2008 presidential election. [http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2008/02/C31DD792-C439-4552-9FC7-B2DD75531116.ASP "Sarkisian Thanks Armenians For ‘Overwhelming Support’"] , Armenialiberty.org, 21 February 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.bhk.am/ Prosperous Armenia] official site


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