The Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman ( uk, Українська стратегія Гройсмана, translit=Ukrains'ka stratehiia Hroismana, USH) is a Ukrainian political party, led and conceived by former
Ukrainian Prime Minister
The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of t ...
Volodymyr Groysman
Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Borysovych Hroisman ( uk, Володи́мир Бори́сович Гро́йсман; born 20 January 1978), is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukrai ...
Civil movement "Chesno"
Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...
In August 2015 the party was renamed and rebranded as the local party (for Vinnytsia) Vinnytsia European Strategy ( uk, Вінницька європейська стратегія). At that time (from March 2006 until February 2014)
Volodymyr Groysman
Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Borysovych Hroisman ( uk, Володи́мир Бори́сович Гро́йсман; born 20 January 1978), is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukrai ...
Civil movement "Chesno"
Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...
2010 Ukrainian local elections
The 2010 Ukrainian local elections took place on 31 October 2010,Conscience of Ukraine Conscience of Ukraine ( uk, Совість України) is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005.
Electoral history
The party did not participate in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary elections, in the 2007 elections, the party fai ...
(Groysman himself was elected Mayor of Vinnytsia for it during the election) joined the party. In the
2015 Ukrainian local elections
On 25 October 2015 local elections took place in Ukraine. The elections were conducted a little over a year since the 2014 2014 Ukrainian local elections, snap local elections, which were only held throughout parts of the country. A second roun ...
the party won 20 representatives to the Vinnytsia City Council (including Groysman's father). In the Vinnytsia City Council its deputies formed a coalition with representatives of
Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"
European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...
. Groysman had joined this party in 2014 (and was elected to parliament in the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014.
Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May. From 2016 to 2019, the party was called "Ukrainian Strategy". Groysman was
Prime Minister of Ukraine
The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...
from April 2016 to August 2019.
Groysman left the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" on 23 April 2019. On 24 May 2019, Groysman announced that he would take part in the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolv ...
with the party Ukrainian Strategy. In June 2019 "Ukrainian Strategy" changed its name to "Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman". In the 2019 parliamentary election, the party's list featured then Minister of Education and Science Lilia Hrynevych, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers
Oleksandr Saienko
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, Minister of Culture
Yevhen Nyshchuk
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, Minister of Justice
Pavlo Petrenko
Pavlo Dmitrovich Petrenko ( uk, Павло Дмитрович Петренко) is Ukrainian politician, jurist, lawyer.
MP of Ukraine 7th convocation. Minister of Justice of Ukraine from 27 February 2014 until 29 August 2019.
Education
Aft ...
Viktor Yelensky
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and
Andriy Teteruk
Andriy Anatoliyovych Teteruk ( uk, Андрій Анатолійович Тетерук, born 15 May 1973) is a Ukrainian politician and the commander of the Myrotvorets battalion. Representing People's Front, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rad ...
(both from the People's Front faction). In the election, the party failed to win any parliamentary seats, having gaining 2.41% of the total votes while the election had a 5%
election threshold
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.Servant of the People Party wins 124 mandates on party ticket in Rada elections
Interfax-Ukraine
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(5 August 2019) The party also failed to win a constituency seat. The party was successful in
Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast ( uk, Ві́нницька о́бласть, translit=Vinnytska oblast; ; also referred to as Vinnychchyna — uk, Ві́нниччина) is an oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. ...
, where it gained 15.39% of the votes, coming second to "
Servant of the People
Servant of the People (SN; uk, Слуга народу, Sluha narodu, ) is a liberal, centrist, pro-European political party in Ukraine.
It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previously ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(18 November 2020) All these mandates were won in Vinnytsia Oblast. There the party gained an absolute majority on the Vinnytsia City Council, with 34 out of the 54 seats; the party also had regional success, winning 40 of the 84 seats in the
Vinnytsia Oblast Council
The Vinnytsia Oblast Council ( uk, Вінницька обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Vinnytsia Oblast (province) located in western Ukraine.
Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to ...
The Ukrainian Week
''The Ukrainian Week'' ( uk, Український Тиждень, translit=Ukrainskyi Tyzhden) is an illustrated weekly magazine covering politics, economics and the arts and aimed at the socially engaged Ukrainian-language reader. It provides ...
Ukrinform
The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of ...