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Christian Democratic Union
Християнсько-Демократичний Союз |
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| Leader | Olexander Chernenko (Party Chairman) |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Vul. B. Khmelnytskoho 3-A, UA-01001 Kyiv |
| Ideology | Christian democracy, Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Colours | White and red |
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| cdu.org.ua | |
The Christian Democratic Union (Ukrainian: Християнсько-демократичний союз, Khrystiyansko Demokratichnyj Soyuz) is a political party in Ukraine. On December 2, 2002, in Athens, Greece the party became a member of Centrist Democrat International. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the European People's Party. The party also publishes a newspaper called Християнський демократ (Christian democrat).
The Christian Democratic Union was created on February 8, 1997 in Kiev, Ukraine as the Party of Christian-Popular Union (Ukrainian: Партія Християнсько-народний союз) to promote the ideas of European Christian democracy in Ukraine. It was an offspring of the Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine and in 1996-1998 split off along with the All-Ukrainian Alliance of Christians.
During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998 the party was part of the electoral bloc "Forward Ukraine" (Ukrainian: Виборчий блок партій "Вперед, Україно!") which won 1 (single-mandate constituency) seat.
In March 2002, the CPU in alliance Our Ukraine led by the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, won the parliamentary elections.
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