Opinion Polling For The Ukrainian Presidential Election, 2019
In the run up to the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Ukraine. The results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these polls are from the previous presidential election to 31 March 2019. On 26 November 2018, Ukraine's parliament set the presidential vote for 31 March 2019.Ukraine's parliament sets presidential vote date for March 31 (26 November 2018) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 Ukrainian Presidential Election
The 2019 Ukrainian presidential election was held on 31 March and 21 April in a two-round system. There were 39 candidates for the election on the ballot. The 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast prevented around 12% of eligible voters from participating in the election. As no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote, a second round was held between the top two candidates, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a comedian who portrayed a fictional president of Ukraine in the comedy television series ''Servant of the People'', and the incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, on 21 April 2019. According to the Central Election Commission, Zelenskyy won the second round with 73.22% of the votes. Background According to Ukrainian law, the election of the President of Ukraine must take place on the last Sunday of March of the fifth year of the term of the incumbent president. Thus the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election took p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oleh Liashko
Oleh Valeriiovych Liashko ( uk, Олег Валерійович Ляшко; born. 3 December 1972) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist and soldier who was a long time member of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Radical Party. Liashko was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada in 2006, in the 2007 parliamentary election for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB), in the 2012 parliamentary election and 2014 parliamentary election for his Radical Party.Ляшко Олег Валерьевич Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА" Prior to this, he was a journalist. In the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nashi (political Party)
Nashi (), translated as Ours, was a political party in Ukraine registered February 2015. Since 2018, the party has been led by Yevheniy Murayev. On 14 June 2022 the party was banned by a court order. History In September 2018, former member of For Life Yevheniy Murayev reconstituted the party under its current name ''Nashi''. In a November 2018 "RATING" opinion poll the party scored 4.9%. On 10 January 2019, the party elected party leader Murayev as their candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. On 7 March 2019, Muraev pulled out of the election favor of Oleksandr Vilkul. He also announced that Vilkul's party Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development and Nashi would soon merge.Muraev emerged from the elections in favor of Vilkul Ukrayinska Pravda (7 March 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yevheniy Murayev
Yevheniy Volodymyrovych Murayev ( uk, Євгеній Володимирович Мураєв; born 2 December 1976) is a pro-Russian Ukraine, Ukrainian politician and media owner. He is the current leader of the political party Nashi (political party), Nashi. Murayev has been a deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (two convocations) and a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian parliament between 2012 and 2019 (7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, VII convocation and 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, VIII convocation).Yevhen Murayev biography Civil movement "Chesno" In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Murayev headed the nationwide list of Opposition Bloc - Party for Development and Peace, Opposition Bloc, but this party failed to win a parliamentary seat. Murayev is a former member of Party of Regions and Opposition ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Self Reliance (political Party)
The Union "Self Reliance" ( uk, Об'єднання «Самопоміч»; ''Ob'yednannya «Samopomich»'') is a liberal conservative and Christian democratic political party in Ukraine. It was founded on 29 December 2012, and identifies with the ideology of "Christian morality and common sense." The name of the party is similar to the name of the NGO, founded by former leader, Andriy Sadovyi in 2004. The party won 33 seats in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament (8 November 2014) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andriy Sadovyi
Andriy Ivanovych Sadovyi ( uk, Андрій Іванович Садовий, ''Andriy Ivanovych Sadovyi'') is a Ukrainian politician. He is the mayor of Lviv, the administrative center of the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, former leader of the Self Reliance political party, and co-founder of "Lux" media holding. Sadovyi was a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election from 8 January until 1 March 2019, when he decided to withdraw. Biography Andriy Sadovyi was born on 19 August 1968 in the city of Lviv. He graduated from the Lviv Technical School of Radioelectronics in 1987. He performed his military service from 1987 to 1989 in the army of the USSR. Education * Graduated from State University "Lviv Polytechnic", having obtained in 1995 the qualification of an engineer of electronic equipment, * 1997 – qualification of an economist on a specialty "Finance and credit", * 1999 – Graduated from the National Academy for Public Administration under the President ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serhiy Taruta
Serhiy Oleksiyovych Taruta ( uk, Сергій Олексійович Тарута, rus, Сергей Алексеевич Тарута, r=Sergei Alekseyevich Taruta, born 22 July 1955 in Novoazovsk Raion, Vynohradne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician and current member of the Ukrainian parliament, Ukrainian businessman, sometimes called an Ukrainian oligarchs, oligarch, founder of Industrial Union of Donbas, former President of FC Metalurh Donetsk, and the former Governor of Donetsk Oblast, governor of Donetsk Oblast. Biography Serhiy Taruta was born in Mariupol in 1955 and was a successful cyclist in his youth; he later claimed that he rode an average of 120 kilometres a day. He studied at State Higher Education Institution “Pryazovskyi State Technical University”, Pryazovskyi State Technical University before going on to work at the large Ukrainian metal plant, Azovstal iron and steel works, Azovstal. Business career In 1995, Serhiy Taruta left Azovs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UKROP
UKROP ( uk, УКРОП, lit=dill in Russian), short for the Ukrainian Association of Patriots ( uk, Українське об'єднання патріотів, Ukrainske ob'ednannya patriotiv), was a political party in Ukraine.Ukrop political party launched by oligarch Kolomoisky obtains registration (18 June 2015) UKROP was established in months following the . The core of the party comprises civil society activists, p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olexandr Shevchenko
Oleksandr Leonidovych Shevchenko ( uk, Олександр Леонідович Шевченко; born 8 April 1971) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, social activist, politician and a benefactor. He was a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 7th and 8th convocations. A candidate at presidential elections of Ukraine in 2019. Education 1986–1989 — a student of Kolomiya professional-technical school-14, 1989–1995 — a student of Yurii Fedkivych Chernivtsi National University (Physical Faculty, speciality «Radiotechnical appliance», qualification «Radioengineer»). Professional activity From 1989 to 1995 — a wireman of radioapplience of the 2nd grade at workshop № 4 of Kolomyia woodworking plant. Since March 1995 — he is a sales manager at «AUskoprut». From January 1997 to 2004 — a director of Industrial commercial company «Kvarta». From 2004 to 10.07.2014 — a director of limited liability company «Skorzonera» (a company is the owner of a ski resort «Bu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Freedom (political Party)
The All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Свобода», translit=Vseukrainske obiednannia "Svoboda"), commonly known as Svoboda, is an ultranationalist political party in Ukraine. It has been led by Oleh Tyahnybok since 2004. It formed and officially registered as a political party in October 1995. It was characterized as a radical right-wing populist party that combined elements of ethnic ultranationalism and anti-communism. During the 1990s, it was accused of neo-Nazism due to the party's recruitment of skinheads and usage of neo-Nazi symbols.Andrusechko, P. Road of Tyahnybok towards Freedom'. "Ukrayinsky zhurnal". Poznan, May 2009 Tyahnybok was elected in 2004 as the president of the party and shortly after he made efforts to moderate the party's image by changing the party's name and symbols and expelling neo-Nazi and neofascist groups. Although Tyahnybok expelled neofascist groups from his party, it never abandoned et ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruslan Koshulynskyi
Ruslan Volodymyrovych Koshulynskyi ( uk, Руслан Володимирович Кошулинський; born 9 September 1969) is a Ukrainian politician, nationalist, soldier, and former People's Deputy of Ukraine who served as the 9th Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (2012–2014). He is also the Deputy Leader of Svoboda party. Early life and education Koshulynskyi was born in Lviv to Victor Kosulynskyi and Natalia Koshulynska (née Etkind). He attended the Lviv Sports Boarding School, graduating in 1986. In 1987, he was conscripted to the Soviet Army and served in East Germany for two years. After the army service, he enrolled to the Lviv Cooperative College of Economics and Law, which he completed in 1991. He then moved to the Kolomyia region, where he found work as production manager in a local restaurant. In 1995, he travelled to Krasnoyarsk Krai to work at a gold mining company for a year. Upon his return to Lviv in 1996, he became involved in politics and joined the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ihor Smeshko
Colonel General Ihor Petrovich Smeshko ( uk, Ігор Петрович Смешко, born 17 August 1955) served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from 2003 to 2005, where he supported the opposition during the Orange Revolution.C. J. Chivers, ''BACK CHANNELS: A Crackdown Averted; How Top Spies in Ukraine Changed the Nation's Path'' New York Times, January 17, 2005 In 2010, he entered politics with the Strength and Honor (political party), Strength and Honor party, which he formed with several former security and intelligence officials.John Marone, ''Ihor Smeshko, ex-spy chief, enters politics'' Kyiv Post, April 28, 2010 He was chairman of the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine (from October 7, 2014, to March 12, 2015). Smeshko was registered as a candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |