Yuriy Kostenko ( uk, Юрій Іванович Костенко; born 6 December 1951) is a
Ukrainian
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politician and leader of the
Ukrainian People's Party
The Ukrainian People's Party ( uk, Українська Народна Партія; ) is a political party in Ukraine, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as the Ukrainian National Movement ( uk, Український Народний Рух; ).
Interfax-Ukraine
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(24 October 2009)
Biography
Kostenko holds a
Ph.D
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from the
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
Institute of Machine-building. In 1989, he became one of the founders of Rukh and has been a Member of the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
(Parliament) since 1990 (except in 2006). In 2002 as a member of Our Ukraine. From 1992 to 1998 he served as the minister of environmental protection. Kostenko was a candidate at the
1999 Ukrainian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October 1999, with a second round on 14 November. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1976. The result was a victory for Leonid Kuchma, who defeated Petro S ...
where he received 2.17% of votes. Kostenko was involved in Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament, which he later regretted, and in dealing with the aftermath of the
Chernobyl disaster
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Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch
The Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, ( uk, Український Народний Блок Костенка і Плюща, translit=Ukraïnskyj narodnyj blok Kostenka i Pljušča) is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led b ...
who has acquired 1.9% of the vote and did not exceed the 3% threshold of the election.
In July 2007 Kostenko and
Ivan Plyushch
Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch ( uk, Іван Степанович Плющ; September 11, 1941 – June 25, 2014) was a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), from July 9 to July 23, 1990 ...
joined together the block
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc ( uk, Блок Наша Україна–Народна Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukrayina-Narodna Samooborona'', NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) was an electoral alliance active in ...
and both got re-elected as MP. Unlike many allies of Yushchenko, Kostenko did not defected from the Our Ukraine grouping in parliament.
Kostenko was a candidate in the 2010 presidential election, his party program included recognizing
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During World ...
veterans, during the election he received 0,22% of the votes.
Kostenko's
Ukrainian People's Party
The Ukrainian People's Party ( uk, Українська Народна Партія; ) is a political party in Ukraine, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as the Ukrainian National Movement ( uk, Український Народний Рух; ).
competed on one single party under "umbrella" party Our Ukraine in the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
The Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists ( uk, Конгрес українських націоналістів ''Konhres ukrayinskykh natsionalistiv'') is a far-right political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992, and registered wit ...
; this list won 1.11% of the national votes and no
constituencies
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Central Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...
Kostenko was second the election list of Our Ukraine. He did not participate in the
Central Election Commission (Ukraine)
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...