Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform
Український демократичний альянс за реформи Віталія Кличка |
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Leader | Vitali Klitschko |
Founded | April 24, 2010 Registered on March 14, 2005 |
Dissolved | 28 August 2015 |
Merged into | Petro Poroshenko Bloc |
Headquarters | Kiev |
Ideology |
Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre |
European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
Colours | Red and white |
Slogan | From personal success to the success of the country |
Verkhovna Rada |
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2014 local council seats |
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Kiev City Council |
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Website | |
klichko.org | |
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (Ukrainian: Український демократичний альянс за реформи Віталія Кличка; the acronym UDAR/УДАР translates to "strike" or "punch", English: Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko) was a political party in Ukraine headed by retired Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the WBC world heavyweight champion emeritus Vitali Klitschko. It merged into the Petro Poroshenko Bloc on 28 August 2015.
The party had an anti-corruption and pro-European platform.
Legally it is the successor of Political Party "European Capital" (Ukrainian: Політична партія „Європейська столиця“) which was registered in March 2005. In its last outing the party was founded on April 24, 2010, on the basis of the Vitali Klitschko Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Віталія Кличка), a local political alliance in Kiev (the capital of Ukraine).
UDAR had "observer status" in the European People's Party.
The party won 40 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. In the 2014 parliamentary election, 30% of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc election list was filled by members of UDAR (as non-partisan) and UDAR leader Klitschko topped that list. The Petro Poroshenko Bloc won the election with 132 seats.