People's Union "Our Ukraine"
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Our Ukraine
Наша Україна |
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| Leader | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Founded | 5 March 2005 |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Ideology |
National liberalism Economic liberalism Liberal conservatism Conservatism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Orange |
| Regions (2010) |
53 / 3,056
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| Website | |
| http://www.razom.org.ua | |
The Our Ukraine (Ukrainian: Наша Україна) (prior to mid-July 2009 known as People's Union "Our Ukraine" (Ukrainian: Народний Союз «Наша Україна»)) is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005. The party supported former president President Viktor Yushchenko. It lost much of its support nationwide, yet still has some regional representation in the Western Ukraine.
On 2 March 2013, there was an attempt to dissolve the party by Serhiy Bondarchuk at one of the party congresses in Kiev. However, the same day other sections of the party claimed this congress was illegal and the real party congress would be held on 18 May 2013. People's Union "Our Ukraine" was an observer in the European People's Party until this status was deprived early September 2013. Youth Union Our Ukraine is the youth wing of the party.
The party is the continuation of the electoral alliance of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc known as "Our Ukraine". The NSNU was formally launched on March 5, 2005 by the group of politicians appointed by the incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko, but it failed to attract most constituent parties that had been members of the previous bloc, which refused to be absorbed into the newly formed party.
The constituent congress, held in the capital Kiev and attended by 6,000 delegates from all the regions of Ukraine, elected Yushchenko as honorary chairman (who received membership card No.1). Former deputy Prime Minister Roman Bezsmertnyi was elected head of the party's Presidium and Yuriy Yekhanurov as head of the party's Central Executive Committee.
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