YEREVAN. – Opposition “Prosperous Armenia” National Assembly (NA) Faction member and former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian was elected Chairman of the Consolidation Party, at the latter’s inaugural congress Friday in capital city Yerevan.

“Prosperous Armenia” NA Faction deputies Elinar Vardanyan and Stepan Margaryan were elected vice chairpersons of this new political force.

Karen Andreasyan, the preceding Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia, was elected Consolidation Party Board member.