Andriy Baloha's Team ( uk, Команда Андрія Балоги, Komanda Andriya Balohy; formerly United Centre) is a
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political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. Legally, Andriy Baloha's Team is the successor of the Party of Private Property (; ''Partija privatnoi vlasnosti''), registered with the Ministry of Justice on September 24, 1999."Партія Приватної власності" офіційно повідомила Мін’юст про зміну назви на "Єдиний центр" , Ukrainian Ministry of Justice The party changed its name to United Centre in March 2008. In 2020, the party was renamed Andriy Baloha's Team and consequently taken over by
Mukachevo
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mayor
Andriy Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
Early life and education
Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
.
As United Centre the party won 3 seats in the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Pavlo Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
Early life and education
Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
Ukrainian Television and Radio
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Viktor Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
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Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
was elected to the Verkhovna Rada.
History
Party of Private Property
The Party of Private Property was registered with the
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on September 24, 1999. In the
1999 Ukrainian presidential election
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, the party endorsed incumbent President,
Leonid Kuchma
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electoral alliance
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Team of Winter Generation
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At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the alliance won 2.0% of the popular vote a ...
. Team of Winter Generation won 2.0% of the popular vote and no seats.
The Party of Private Property did not participate in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 2006 and 2007.Єдиний Центр DATA
A merger of United Centre with the
Democratic Party of Ukraine
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failed to materialize prior to the first congress of the United Centre.
United Centre
Viktor Yushchenko Presidency (2008-2009)
In February 2008, several prominent members left Our Ukraine.
Viktor Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
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Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
Roman Bezsmertny
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, a high ranking party official, along with people's deputies Mykhaylo Polyanchych, Ihor Kril, Viktor Topolov,
Oksana Bilozir
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and Vasyl Petiovka, resigned on February 20, declaring in a joint statement that: "some of the leaders of the party play their own game, coming from personal interests and it has nothing to do with responsibility, pluralism and norms of democracy."
At the sixth Party Congress of the Party of Private Property, held on 20 March 2008, the party decided to change its name to United Centre. At this time the party's goals were: "assisting
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Viktor Yushchenko
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As an informal leader of th ...
to realize his program of actions" and "to unite
Eastern Ukraine
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and
Western Ukraine
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".
On March 27, United Centre held the founding meeting in
Kyiv
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Kyi ...
. On July 8, Presidential Secretariat's Chief Baloha entered the United Centre party.Personal blog by
Taras Kuzio
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, adjunct professor in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa On July 12, 2008 United Centre re-elected
Verkhovna Rada
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deputy Ihor Kril of Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense. The merger of United Center with the
Democratic Party of Ukraine
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failed to materialize prior to the congress. Administrative pressure by governors upon state employees to sign up to United Centre is said to be ongoing.Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defence Bloc complained that members of its regional branches are being poached by United Centre.
In October 2008 the Social Christian Party merged with United Centre.
On October 21, 2008 the presidium of
People's Union Our Ukraine
The Our Ukraine ( uk, Наша Україна) (prior to mid-July 2009 known as People's Union "Our Ukraine" ( uk, Народний Союз «Наша Україна»)) is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005.
decided not to team up with any other party then the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc for the 2008 snap parliamentary poll and called the idea of teaming up with United Centre "impossible". On 20 November 2008, the United Centre leader Ihor Kril said the party would participate independently in the next parliamentary elections and that he "fully supports the view that the format of Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc, as it exists now, is not realistic or effective. Every political force should take responsibility for their actions before the electorate."
According to
UNIAN
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, the
People's Union Our Ukraine
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and United Centre parties were to carry out a unifying congress on January 17, 2009. The People's Democratic Party was reported to join the move. However, nothing like this happened.
Viktor Baloha resigned as Head of the
Secretariat of the President of Ukraine
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The party did not join the parliamentary coalition which supported the Azarov Government in March 2010 because the
Communist Party of Ukraine
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2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Kyiv Post
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(October 8, 2010)
In the 2010 local elections, the party won a few representatives in regional parliaments and then went to achieve a stunning victory in the
Zakarpattia Oblast
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.
On November 12, 2010,
President
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Viktor Yanukovych
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appointed party leader
Viktor Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
Early life and education
Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
Ukrainian Independent Information Agency
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(November 12, 2010) According to Baloha, this did not mean his party would join the coalition government.Янукович зробив Балогу міністром
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(November 12, 2010) According to
Ukrayinska Pravda
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, the United Centre deputies in parliament already quietly voted with the
Party of Regions
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(the main component of the Azarov Government). Deputy
Lesya Orobets
Lesya Yuriyivna Orobets ( uk, Ле́ся Ю́ріївна Оробе́ць, born May 3, 1982) is a Ukrainian politician and a Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament of Ukraine) since 2007 (elected as member of Our Ukraine - People's ...
left the party after Baloha's appointment because the party never informed her about it.
According to Ukrainian media
Strong Ukraine
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party leader
Serhiy Tyhypko
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personally prevented a merger of United Centre with
Party of Regions
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in March 2012.
The party did not take part in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election nationwide proportional party-list system; instead nine members of the party tried to win seats in the 225 local single-member districts. The party won 3
constituencies
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Viktor Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
Early life and education
Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
Pavlo Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
Early life and education
Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
. Pavlo Baloha joined the faction of
Party of Regions
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in December 2012, while Viktor Baloha and Petiovka did not join any faction. Pavlo Baloha left the Party of Regions faction mid-April 2012 to become an unaffiliated lawmaker too.
Pavlo Baloha was deprived of his deputy seats on 8 February 2013 by the
Kyiv Post
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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Ukrinform
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(3 July 2013)
After 2014
In the 2014 parliamentary election, the party did not compete on the nationwide party list and also did not win a constituency seat and thus no parliamentary seats.
In the 2019 parliamentary election the party won one seat,
Viktor Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
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Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
was elected (for the party) to parliament.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections
Ukrinform
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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In August 2020, ahead of the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party was renamed Andriy Baloha's Team, and taken over by Viktor Baloha's son,
Andriy Baloha
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
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Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...
. Under the new name, the party saw a revival as a regional political force in
Zakarpattia Oblast
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. Even though it only ran candidates within Zakarpattia, the organization garnered 0.5% of the total vote across Ukraine in the 2020 elections, winning 194 seats on local councils across Zakarpattia and 7 seats on the regional legislature, the Zakarpattia Oblast Council. Its most notable success came in the city of
Mukachevo
Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...
, where Andriy Baloha was reelected mayor. Baloha received 54% of the vote, allowing him to bypass a potential runoff election.
In January 2022 (Andriy) Baloha joined (former
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)
Dmytro Razumkov
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The party rejects any possibility of joining a parliamentary coalition with the
Communist Party of Ukraine
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2008 Ukrainian political crisis
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2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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