Labour Ukraine
| Labour Ukraine Сильна Україна | |
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| Founded | June 21, 2000[1] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Dark blue |
| Website | |
| www.trud.org.ua | |
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Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections | |
Labour Ukraine (Ukrainian: Трудова Україна Trudova Ukrajina)[1] is a political party in Ukraine registered in June 2000.[1]
History
A Labour Ukraine faction was created after the 1998 parliamentary election[2] on April 20, 1999.[3] In September 2000 the Labour Ukraine faction in the Ukrainian Parliament numbered 45 MPs and was the second largest entity in the parliament.[4] Serhiy Tihipko was elected party leader in November 2000.[3] The party supported President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma during his presidency.[5]
At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance.[6] winning 49 seats, their list of deputies included Viktor Pinchuk.[7] The party leader was Serhiy Tyhypko.[8] After the 2004 presidential election Tihipko stepped out of Ukrainian politics, resigning as Labour Ukraine leader on April 23, 2005,[9] before returning to it in the 2010 presidential election.[10]
In the 2006 elections, the party failed on its own to win parliamentary representation (it won 0,09% of the votes).[1]
In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party did not participate.[1] In this election Labour Ukraine members, including party leader Valeriy Konovalyuk, decided to join the Party of Regions election list.[11] Again in the 2012 parliamentary elections the party was absent.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 (Ukrainian) Політична партія „Трудова Україна“, Database DATA
- ↑ Explaining State Capture and State Capture Modes by Oleksiy Omelyanchuk, Central European University, 2001 (page 22)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Trudova Ukraina elects a new chairman, Policy Documentation Center (November 27, 2000)
- ↑ Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, Center for Policy Studies (September 25, 2000)
- ↑ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-31136-6, page 171
- ↑ Keywords: Sergey Tigipko, UNIAN
- ↑ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
- ↑ Tyhypko wants majority based on five factions, Ukrayinska Pravda (September 20, 2002)
- ↑ Keywords: Sergey Tigipko, UNIAN
- ↑ Political Pulse: Presidential field takes shape, Kyiv Post (November 12, 2009 )
- ↑ (Russian) Short bio, Liga.net
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nation-wide list, Central Election Commission of Ukraine