Ukrainian People's Party

The Ukrainian People's Party ( Narodna Ukrajinska Partija, short UNP) was a small conservative party in Ukraine, which was involved in the alliance Our ​​Ukraine. Do not confuse it with the centrist People's Party, which still exists.

The UNP was founded in 1999 as a Ukrainian national movement and renamed in 2002 in order to avoid confusion with the People's Movement of Ukraine, from which they had originally split off. She went after it had previously represented years in Parliament, unsuccessful in the Ukrainian parliamentary election 2006. It failed while at the Ukrainian three- percent threshold. As a result, she was at risk of slipping into irrelevance. So you joined for the following 2007 elections the alliance Our ​​Ukraine under the leadership of President Viktor Yushchenko. About this since she was again represented in Parliament. From his own party they initially refused a request for establishment of a joint major center-right party in Ukraine. But was considered a reliable member of the Alliance, since an exit their re-entry is jeopardized to the Ukrainian parliament. 2012 was the party finally in Our Ukraine.

Political orientation

The party had a democratic- conservative basic orientation. She supported the efforts to include Ukraine into the EU and NATO and also was generally a stronger Western orientation of the country.

Personalities

  • Yuriy Kostenko - Chairman
  • Ukrainian party
  • Historical Conservative Party
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