Front for Change (Ukraine)
| Front for Change Фронт Змін |
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| Leader | Arseniy Yatsenyuk[1][2][3] |
| Slogan | Front of the future[4] |
| Founded | June 26, 2007[1] (political party) December 25, 2008[2] (public organisation) |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Youth wing | The young activists of the Front for Change[5] |
| Ideology | Centrism, Agrarianism |
| International affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Olive |
| Website | |
| http://www.frontzmin.org/ | |
| Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections |
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Front for Change (Ukrainian: Фронт Змін) is a Ukrainian public organization[6][7][8] and a political party in Ukraine.[1] Both are led by Arseniy Yatseniuk.[1][3]
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[edit] History
The political party Front for Change was registered with the Ministry of Justice on June 26, 2007 and entered in the Register of political parties under number 140.[1]
In December 2008 candidate for the Ukrainian 2010 presidential elections Arseniy Yatsenyuk[9] founded the public organization Front of change.[2] Yatsenyuk is a member of Parliament elected as part of the list of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.
On April 12, 2010 the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine confirmed the political party Front for Change is now (also) led by Yatseniuk.[1]
A March 2010 poll predicted that the party would get 4.3% of the vote at the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.)[10] A May 2010 poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that the party had the greatest support in western regions (9%), slightly lower support in central Ukraine (4%) and the least support in southern and eastern regions (2%).[11] In the 2010 local elections the party won representative in 20 of the 24 regional parliaments, it did not win seats in the Supreme Council of Crimea.[12]
In September 2011 Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc faction leader in the Ukrainian parliament Mykola Martynenko joined the party.[13]
The party For Ukraine! merged into Front for Change in December 2011.[14]
According to party leader Yatseniuk the party is financed by "about 28 representatives of medium-sized businesses and small businesses".[15]
[edit] Uzhhorod incident
Mayor of Uzhhorod Serhiy Ratushniak is alleged to have beaten a female campaigner of Front of Change early August 2009,[16] a criminal case was soon opened against Ratushniak.[17][18]
[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f (Ukrainian) «Фронт змін» офіційно оголосив про обрання Лідера Партії, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (April 12, 2010)
- ^ a b c (Ukrainian) Directory of NGOs, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (number 2752 on the list)
- ^ a b Justice Ministry: Yatseniuk registered as Front for Change party leader, Kyiv Post (April 12, 2009)
- ^ Homepage of the official website of the party
- ^ Front for Change demands that Yanukovych fulfill his election promises, Kyiv Post (29 December 2011)
- ^ "Yatsenyuk promise to create party without "political kolobok's"" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 2009-01-28. http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2009/1/28/88651.htm.
- ^ Yatseniuk says he is creating political party to secure future of Ukraine, Kyiv Post (September 28, 2009)
- ^ "Democratic Front party declares change of name to Front for Change". Kyiv Post. 2009-10-27. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/51363/.
- ^ "Yatsenyuk, a Yushchenko clone, will bring stagnation". Kyiv Post - Taras Kuzio. http://www.kyivpost.com/blogs/bloggers/tarasgkuzio. Retrieved 2009-04-04.[dead link]
- ^ Party Of Regions, Tymoshenko bloc, Strong Ukraine, Front for Change and Communist Party would get into parliament, Kyiv Post (April 12, 2010
- ^ Poll: Political forces of Tigipko, Yatseniuk, Communist Party in Top 5 of April rating of parties, Kyiv Post (May 12, 2010)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
- ^ Yatsenyuk’s Party Set to Become Third Force In Ukrainian Politics, The Jamestown Foundation (September 20, 2011)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Кириленко об'єднався з Яценюком, Ukrayinska Pravda (22 December 2011)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Яценюк розповів, хто його фінансує, Ukrayinska Pravda (16 December 2011)
- ^ Mayor of Uzhhorod alleged to have beaten girl campaigner of Front of Changes, Kyiv Post (August 7, 2009)
- ^ Ratushniak was accused of hooliganism, abuse of office and the violation of racial and national equality of citizens.
- ^ Ratushniak: I'm not xenophobic, but ‘It is not my fault that these Ukrainian billionaires are of Jewish origin’, Kyiv Post (August 14, 2009)
[edit] External links
- Official website (Ukrainian)
