United Communist Party of Armenia is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

. It was formed on July 7, 2003 through the merger of the Renewed Communist Party of Armenia

Renewed Communist Party of Armenia

Renewed Communist Party of Armenia was a political party in Armenia. HNKK was formed on May 25, 2002, by former Armenian Communist Party leaders Yuri Manukian and Grant Voskanyan who had been expelled from HKK the previous year on the grounds that they had advocated cooperation with the government...

, Armenian Labour Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union

Armenian Workers Union

Armenian Workers Union was a political party in Armenia founded in 1999. On July 7, 2003, the party merged into the United Communist Party of Armenia....

, Union of Communists of Armenia

Union of Communists of Armenia

Union of Communists of Armenia was a political party in Armenia. At the last elections, 25 May 2003, the party formed part of the Free and Fair Armenia electoral bloc together with the Marxist Party of Armenia. The bloc was denied registration on the ground that neither of the two parties had...

, Armenian Marxist Party and the Party of Intellectuals.

The HMKK held its first congress on March 25, 2004. Yuri Manoukian was elected First Secretary of the party. The meeting saw the election of a 77-member Central Committee

Central Committee

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 and a 17-member Politburo

Politburo

Politburo , literally "Political Bureau [of the Central Committee]," is the executive committee for a number of communist political parties.-Marxist-Leninist states:...

.

The HMKK considers itself as a 'constructive opposition party'. It has closer links to the government than the main Armenian Communist Party

Armenian Communist Party

The Armenian Communist Party is a communist political party in Armenia.It considers itself the successor of the Communist Party of Armenia of the Soviet Union, since the former leadership of this party, headed by Aram Gasparovich Sarkisyan, dissolved it and established the Democratic Party of...

 and does not join opposition fronts.

The HMKK extended its support to the successful presidential bid of then-Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan.