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Political party in Armenia

New Power (Armenian: Նոր ուժ, romanized: Nor uzh), also known as New Force, is an Armenianpolitical party that is headquartered in Yerevan.

It is led by the former Mayor of Yerevan, Hayk Marutyan.^[2][3][4]

History

The party held its founding congress on 1 May 2024.^[5]Hayk Marutyan, a former member of Civil Contract, was nominated as party Chairman.^[6][7] Marutyan has been critical of prime minister Nikol Pashinyan's leadership and has called for the resignation of Pashinyan.^[8] Marutyan stated his intentions to possibly run in future elections.^[9] Marutyan also confirmed that the party may cooperate with the National Progress Party in the future.^[10]

During the 2024 Armenian protests, some speculated Marutyan and his party of cooperating with the opposition Armenia Alliance.^[11] However, on 6 August 2024, M