Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!"
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Ukraine – Forward!
Україна – Вперед! |
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| Leader | Natalia Korolevska |
| Founded | 1998As Ukrainian Social Democratic Party |
| Split from | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) |
| Preceded by | Ukrainian Social Democratic Party |
| Merged into | Opposition Bloc |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Membership (2010) | About 86,000 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Light blue/yellow/red |
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| www.ukraina-vpered.com | |
Ukraine – Forward! (Ukrainian: Україна – Вперед!, Ukrajina – Vpered!) is a political party in Ukraine. Its registration in December 1998 till March 2012 it was named Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. The party has, according to official figures, about 86,000 party members. The official name of the party is: Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!" (Ukrainian: Партію Наталії Королевської "Україна - Вперед!").
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was since its first election in 2002 a long a member of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) but its leader Korolevska fell out with the BYuT's new leaders and they expelled her party from the bloc in March 2012. As a part of BYuT the party was always represented in the Ukrainian Parliament. But running independently in 2012 it failed to win parliamentary representation. Party leader Korolevska did became Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine in the second Azarov Government on 24 December 2012. In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election members of the party took part in the elections on the party list of Opposition Bloc; Opposition Bloc won 29 seats.
Ukraine – Forward! is seen as a pro-business party and the party has campaigned for Yulia Tymoshenko's release from jail.
The party traces its history back to 1994 when the Minister of Justice of Ukraine Vasyl Onopenko created his party, Party of Human Rights, which in January 1995 has united with the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Party of Justice, later named as the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united). Onopenko became famous for leaving the office of Minister of Justice in protest to the events of 1995 connected with the burial of the Patriarch Volodymyr and became known as the Black Tuesday. A major break up of the party took place in 1998, after which Onopenko once again created a new party.
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