| For Ukraine! За Україну! |
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| Leader | Vyacheslav Kyrylenko[1] |
| Founded | October 9, 1999 (Party of Social Protection); February 21, 2009 (For Ukraine!) |
| Dissolved | December 2011[2] |
| Merged into | Front of Changes[2] |
| Headquarters | Kiev |
| Official colours | Dark Blue and Yellow |
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| http://zaukrainu.org/uk/staticpages/1 | |
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For Ukraine! (Ukrainian: За Україну!) is a former political party in Ukraine, last headed by Vyacheslav Kyrylenko. Legally it was the successor of Party of Social Protection. The party merged into the party Front of Changes in December 2011.[2]
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The Party of Social Protection was established on October 9, 1999 and registered with the Ministry of Justice in May of the next year.[1][3] It only took part in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election where it won 0,05% of the votes and no seats.[1]
On December 23, 2008 Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, a former chairman of Our Ukraine and he was the frontrunner of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc during the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election[4], formed the parliamentarian deputy group For Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament).[5] At the constituent congress of the movement on February 21, 2009 was elected the leader of the movement Vyacheslav Kyrylenko. In November 2009 Kyrylenko started to cooperate with the Party of Social Protection (registered in May 2000).[5][1] In order to participate in the 2010 Ukrainian local elections.[5] In November 2009 the Party of Social Protection changed its name to For Ukraine![3]
In the 2010 local elections For Ukraine! won representatives in municipalities and 1 seat in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Council and Volyn Oblast Council and 2 seats in the Sumy Oblast Council (regional parliaments of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Volyn Oblast and Sumy Oblast).[6]
In February 2011 Kyrylenko stated his "For Ukraine" would unify with Front of Changes and Ukraine Cathedral to create 1 single party before the 2012 parliamentary election.[7] In December 2011 it did merge with Front of Changes.[2]