{{about|the party established in 2007|the similarly-named United Labour Party|United Labour Party (Armenia)}} {{redirect|MIAK|the Music Industry Association of Korea record chart|List of best-selling albums in South Korea}} {{Infobox political party | name = United Liberal National Party | logo = File: Logo-02.jpg | leader = Levon Martirosyan | colorcode = Red | foundation = 2007 | ideology = [[National liberalism]]<br />[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/11/miak-serj-sargsyan/672326|title=Armenian liberal party to back Serzh Sargsyan|access-date=2019-08-21|archive-date=2019-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821151448/https://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/11/miak-serj-sargsyan/672326|url-status=dead}}</ref> | position = [[Centre-right]] | country = Armenia | headquarters = [[Yerevan]] }} The '''United Liberal National Party''' ({{langx|hy|Միացյալ Ազատական Ազգային Կուսակցություն}}, ''Miatsyal Azatakan Azgayin Kusaktsutyun''), also known by its Armenian initials ({{langx|hy|ՄԻԱԿ}}, ''MIAK''), is an [[Armenia]]n [[national liberalism|national liberal]] [[political party]] established in 2007 and headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia. Co-founder Levon Martirosyan was elected as an MP from the [[Republican Party of Armenia]] in 2012.
==Ideology== The party maintains a [[centre-right]] political position. It advocates for the peaceful resolution to the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]], fighting against domestic corruption, strengthening Armenia's [[democracy]], liberalization of the economy, deepening progress towards Armenia’s [[European integration]] and maintaining positive relations with the [[EU]], the [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[Iran]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osce.org/yerevan/24970?download=true |title=Political Parties of the Republic of Armenia Participating in the National Assembly Elections 2007|website=osce.org|access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>
==Parliamentary elections== Having announced the goal to present a political presence and form a new [[political agenda]] through the election process, MIAK conducted its pre-election campaign by presenting a fundamental reforms program.<ref>[http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1587831.html ''ՄԻԱԿ-ը ստեղծվել է «ընդմիշտ քաղաքական դաշտում մնալու համար»''], Armenia Liberty (RFE/RL), April 16, 2007.</ref> Their agenda was included within former President [[Serge Sargsyan]]'s pre-election program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.president.am/president/biography/eng/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219075853/http://www.president.am/president/biography/eng/|url-status=dead|title=''Serge Sargsyan''|archivedate=December 19, 2010}}</ref>
Following the [[2007 Armenian parliamentary election]], the party won just 0.20% of the popular vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elections.am/Partis.aspx|title=''Saturday, May 12, 2007 Parliamentary (Proportional) elections''}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Following the election campaign, although MIAK did not collect enough votes necessary to gain representation in the [[National Assembly of Armenia]], the party and its youth-wing, were able to achieve a political presence. As a result, the [[President of Armenia]], Serge Sargsyan, appointed a number of young professionals from MIAK in the [[public administration]] system of Armenia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.president.am/administration/structure/eng/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219080331/http://www.president.am/administration/structure/eng/|url-status=dead|title=Structure of the Office to the President|archivedate=December 19, 2010}}</ref>
MIAK was very active during the [[2008 Armenian presidential election]] and party volunteers campaigned door-to-door.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615105825/http://www.miak.am/en/gallery/photos/ss/ ''The Meeting of RA Presidential Candidate Serzh Sargsyan with MIAK Activists'']</ref> This entailed nearly 300 MIAK activists visiting more than 240,000 apartments in the capital Yerevan and presenting their views supporting Serzh Sargsyan for presidency.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706072810/http://miak.am/en/home/show_news/141/ ''MIAK Supported Serzh Sargsyan in Presidential Election'']</ref>
The party currently has no representation in the National Assembly and did not participate in the [[2018 Armenian parliamentary election]].
== Youth == MIAK is mainly composed of young people, who cooperate with and support numerous [[youth]] and [[student organizations]] in implementing different projects, initiatives and ideas. Through this cooperation, the MIASIN ({{langx|hy|ՄԻԱՍԻՆ}}, Together) youth movement was created.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://miasin.am/ |title=Գլխավոր - miasin.am |access-date=2011-02-22 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224124925/https://miasin.am/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Membership == Any Armenian citizen 18 years old and above, who accepts the MIAK Charter, can voluntarily become a MIAK member. Already registered MIAK members cannot be a member of any other political party.
==See also== {{Portal|Politics}} *[[Politics of Armenia]] *[[Programs of political parties in Armenia]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://miak.am/en/home/''Miak- United Liberal National Party''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218180201/http://www.miak.am/en/home/ |date=2014-12-18 }} official site {{Armenian political parties}}
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