Ukrainian People's Party
| Ukrainian People's Party Українська Народна Партія |
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| Leader | Yury Kostenko[1][2] |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Dissolved | Process started December 2011[3] |
| Merged into | Our Ukraine[3] |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Ideology | Conservatism, national conservatism, Ukrainian nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right[4] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Blue |
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The Ukrainian People's Party (Ukrainian: Українська Народна Партія; Ukrains'ka Narodna Partiya) is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yury Kostenko, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as Ukrainian National Movement (Ukrainian: Український Народний Рух; Ukrajins'kyi Narodnyj Rukh).[5] The party will be merged into Our Ukraine in 2012.[3]
[edit] History
At the legislative elections in Ukraine, 30 March 2002, the Ukrainian National Movement was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine.[5]
In January 2003 it changed the name to "Ukrainian People's Party" to avoid being confused with People's Movement of Ukraine, out of which it was originally split.
At the legislative elections in Ukraine, 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch.[5]
In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.[5]
In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representative in regional parliaments.[6]
The party announced it will be merged into Our Ukraine in December 2011.[3] This process started mid-December 2011.[3] Bothy parties will be unificated in February 2012.[3]
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Poster of the party reads: "Power to Ukrainians! We are Ukrainians! This is our land!"
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Results of the 2006 elections
[edit] References
- ^ Yuschenko might submit question of electing president in parliament for referendum, says UNP leader, Interfax-Ukraine (06-12-2008)
- ^ Ukrainian People’s Party nominates its leader Kostenko for president, Interfax-Ukraine (October 24, 2009)
- ^ a b c d e f (Ukrainian) "Наша Україна" й УНП почали об’єднання з Дніпропетровська, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 December 2011)
- ^ Ukrainian People's Party offers to unite with center-right forces, Kyiv Post (17 January 2011)
- ^ a b c d (Ukrainian) Українська Народна Партія, Database DATA
- ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) Ukrainian People's Party official site
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