| 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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| http://www.unp.ua/ | |
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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]
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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