Democratic Party of Armenia

Democratic Party of Armenia
Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն
LeaderAram Gaspar Sargsyan
Founded1991 (1991)
Preceded byCommunist Party of Armenia
HeadquartersYerevan
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing

The Democratic Party of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն, Hayastani Demokratakan Kusaktsutyun) is a democratic socialist political party in Armenia. It was established in 1991 by Aram Gaspar Sargsyan, the last secretary of the Soviet-era Communist Party of Armenia when the party ruled the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Armenian SSR) from 1920 until 1990.