Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"

Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"
Українська платформа „Собор“
Leader Pavlo Zhebrivsky[1]
Founded 2002 (2002)[2]
International affiliation None
Politics of Ukraine
Political parties
Elections

The Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" (Ukrainian: Українська платформа „Собор“) is a political party in Ukraine; named Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія „Собор“) till 3 Decfember 2011 (it was renamed after the party Ukrainian Platform had merged into it).[1] Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" was created in 2002 after the merger of the Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) and the Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly" (Sobor).

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History

May 1999

The former members of the People's Democratic Party, led by deputies of Ukraine A. Matvienko and K. Sytnik, which strongly opposed the re-election of the President Leonid D. Kuchma, formed the All-Ukrainian Union Open politics (Відкрита політика). The main goal of the Union was the consolidation of all national-democratic forces and patriotic forces for the sake of building the Ukrainian sovereign democratic state. The Chairman of the Union, M. Matviyenko, was elected.

June 18–19, 1999

A statement was issued by leaders from the parties: Forward, Ukraine, the Democratic Party of Ukraine (DemPU), the Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine (LDPU), the PMU (headed by Yuri Kostenko), and the All-Ukrainian Union Open politics, to start the establishment of a national democratic party.

November 10, 1999

The leaders of the URP, O. Shandriuk, ChNU V. Stretovych, the Ukrainian party Unity, A. Lopata, factions of the DemPU For the united national-democratic forces, V. Shovkoshytnyi, the group of the LDPU Liberal Democrats for open politics, O. Golovko, and the All-Ukrainian Union Open politics, A. Matviyenko, signed a declaration for the establishment of a united party.

December 25, 1999

In place of the union AU Open politics and a series of other national-democratic organizations, there was formed the Ukrainian People's Party(UPP) Sobor, which was officially registered on March 9, 2000. The Chairman of the party, A. Matviyenko, was elected.

Fall, 1999 - Spring, 2000

The UPP Assembly was initiated and took an active part in the All-Ukrainian action Ukraine without Kuchma.

2001

The party together with the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, the Ukrainian Republican Party and others declared the establishment of the electoral bloc "National Salvation Committee"[3] (later known as the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, BYT).[4][5]

The party, as part of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko[2][6][7], participated in the 2002 elections to the Ukrainian Parliament. The Bloc took the fourth place in the list of parties that entered the parliament, gaining 7.26%[2] of the votes.

2002

On April 21, 2002 the (1992 split) Ukrainian Republican Party merged back into the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".[8]

2004

During the presidential elections in 2004 the party supported Viktor Yushchenko, together with the Our Ukraine, and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. They entered the pre-electing coalition Power of people. The candidate from the coalition, Viktor Yushchenko, won this election.[9]

2006

At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Our Ukraine Bloc.[2]

2007

In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance,[2] that won 72 out of 450 seats.

2010

In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in Western Ukraine.[10]

2011

In December 2011 the party Ukrainian Platform merged into the party which was renamed Ukrainian Platform "Sobor".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d (Ukrainian) Одна з партій НУНС перейменувалася та змінила голову, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 December 2011)
  2. ^ a b c d e (Ukrainian) Українська республіканська партія „Собор“, Database DATA
  3. ^ (Ukrainian) ТИМОШЕНКО ОЧОЛИЛА ОПОЗИЦІЮ НА ВИБОРАХ, Ukrayinska Pravda (July 10, 2001)
  4. ^ About Tymoshenko, Official website of Yulia Tymoshenko
  5. ^ Europa World Year Book 2, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-1857432558, page 4295
  6. ^ (Ukrainian) Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко", Central Election Commission of Ukraine (December 22, 2001)
  7. ^ (Ukrainian) Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко, Ukrayinska Pravda (January 25, 2002)
  8. ^ (Ukrainian) Злилися УРП і "Собор": Матвієнко - голова партії, Лук'яненко - голова ради старійшин, Ukrayinska Pravda (April 21, 2002)
  9. ^ Ukraine timeline, BBC News
  10. ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)

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