For United Ukraine! ( uk, «За Єдину Україну!», translit=Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in
Ukraine
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founded in December 2001 to participate in the
parliamentary election
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held on 30 March 2002.
History
In the parliamentary election, the party was supportive of authoritarian, incumbent
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Leonid Kuchma
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, and opposed to the pro-democratic
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 ...
. It was described by
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as a "party of power", including oligarchs, bureaucrats, and pro-Kuchma politicians, as an attempt to further increase Kuchma's power through constitutional and extra-constitutional means. At the election, the alliance won 11.77%Політична партія „Трудова Україна“ Database DATA of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats, placing it in third behind Our Ukraine and the
Communist Party of Ukraine
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. Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes. The alliance received many of its votes from
Donetsk Oblast
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Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...
Agrarian Party of Ukraine
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Anatoliy Kinakh
Anatoliy Kyrylovych Kinakh ( uk, Анатолій Кирилович Кінах) (born August 4, 1954) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a former (long servi ...
.
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(), led by former
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Valeriy Pustovoitenko
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.
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Labour Ukraine
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(), led by
Serhiy Tyhypko
Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko ( uk, Сергій Леонідович Тiгiпко; born 13 February 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who was Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subse ...
.
Top-10 party list:
Volodymyr Lytvyn
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Литви́н, ; born April 28, 1956) is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously s ...
(non-partisan),
Anatoliy Kinakh
Anatoliy Kyrylovych Kinakh ( uk, Анатолій Кирилович Кінах) (born August 4, 1954) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a former (long servi ...
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...
Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Valeriy Pavlovych Pustovoitenko ( uk, Валерій Павлович Пустовойтенко; born 23 February 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister of Ukraine from 1997 to 1999. He resigned in connection with Leonid ...
(People's Democratic Party),
Serhiy Tihipko
Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko ( uk, Сергій Леонідович Тiгiпко; born 13 February 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who was Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subse ...
(
Labour Ukraine
Labour Ukraine ( uk, Трудова Україна ''Trudova Ukrajina'') Database DATA is a
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...
), Mykhailo Hladiy (Agrarian Party of Ukraine),
Heorhiy Kirpa
Heorhiy Mykolayovych Kirpa ( uk, Георгій Миколайович Кірпа) (20 July 1946 in Klubivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast – 27 December 2004 in Bortnychi, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian railway manager, statesman and politician, best known ...
Taras Kuzio
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Education
Taras Kuzio received a ...
,
University of Toronto
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United Russia
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, pro-Putin political project created in 2001
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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 ...