| Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" Українська платформа „Собор“ |
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| Leader | Pavlo Zhebrivsky[1] |
| Founded | 2002[2] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections |
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
The UPP Assembly was initiated and took an active part in the All-Ukrainian action Ukraine without Kuchma.
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.
On April 21, 2002 the (1992 split) Ukrainian Republican Party merged back into the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".[8]
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]
At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Our Ukraine Bloc.[2]
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.
In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in Western Ukraine.[10]
In December 2011 the party Ukrainian Platform merged into the party which was renamed Ukrainian Platform "Sobor".[1]