Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia

For the 2009–2012 party disestablished to form the Democratic Liberal Party (Armenia), see Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party. For the 1885 Armenakan Party, reformed as the 1921 Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, see Armenian Democratic Liberal Party.
Democratic Liberal Party
of Armenia
Hayastani Ramgavar Azatakan Kusaktsutyun
  Հայաստանի Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցություն  
AbbreviationADLA
LeaderHarutyun Mirzakhanian
FoundedJuly 1991
Dissolved3 June 2012, for merger in Democratic Liberal Party (Armenia)
HeadquartersYerevan
IdeologyLiberalism

The Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (ADLA) (Armenian: Հայաստանի Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցություն (ՀՌԱԿ)), was an Armenian political party established following the declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia in July 1991. The party launched unification talks with the Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party on 1 December 2011. On 3 June 2012, the general assembly of the party approved the unification and dissolving of the party into the new unified political party named Democratic Liberal Party (Armenian: Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցություն (Հայաստան) ՌԱԿ (Հայաստան)) (ADLA).[citation needed]

The ADLA should not be confused with the historical Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) (Armenian: Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցություն (ՌԱԿ) ) also known as the Ramgavar Party, which is a powerful long-standing Armenian party in the Armenian diaspora established in 1885 by Mekertich Portukalian under the name Armenakan Party (Armenian: Արմենական կուսակցություն) and later named Democratic Liberal Party (ADL), although there were alliances between the ADL and ADLA parties.