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

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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 ...

was deprived of his deputy seats by the

Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine The judicial system of Ukraine is outlined in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine. In the 2014 parliamentary election the party won no parliamentary seats.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
,

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(8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC
Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC
Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) In the 2019 parliamentary election the party won one seat as

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 ...

was elected to the Verkhovna Rada.

History

Party of Private Property

The Party of Private Property was registered with the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

on September 24, 1999. In 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 Petr ...

, the party endorsed incumbent President,

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...

. During the Ukrainian parliamentary elections 2002, it was part of the

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ...

Team of Winter Generation The Team of Winter Generation ( uk, Команда Озимого Покоління; ''Komanda Ozimogo Pokolinnja'') was an electoral alliance in Ukraine. 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 The Democratic Party of Ukraine ( uk, Демократична партія України; ''Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayni'') is a political party in Ukraine registered in 1991. Until 2006 it had a parliamentary representation, but after associa ...

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.

, Head of the President's Secretariat resigned on February 15.

Roman Bezsmertny Roman Petrovych Bezsmertnyi ( uk, Роман Петрович Безсмертний; born 15 November 1965 in Makariv Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (parliament) for four convocati ...

, a high ranking party official, along with people's deputies Mykhaylo Polyanchych, Ihor Kril, Viktor Topolov,

Oksana Bilozir Oksana Volodymyrivna Bilozir ( uk, Оксана Володимирівна Білозір), née Rozumkevych ( uk, Розумкевич), is a People's Artist of Ukraine (1994), former People's Deputy of Ukraine and in 2005 Minister of Cultur ...

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 Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...

to realize his program of actions" and "to unite

Eastern Ukraine Eastern Ukraine or east Ukraine ( uk, Східна Україна, Skhidna Ukrayina; russian: Восточная Украина, Vostochnaya Ukraina) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the Dnipro (or Dnieper) river, particularly Khar ...

and

Western Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...

". On March 27, United Centre held the founding meeting in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

. On July 8, Presidential Secretariat's Chief Baloha entered the United Centre party.Personal blog
by

Taras Kuzio Taras Kuzio (born 1958) is a British academic and expert in Ukrainian political, economic and security affairs. He is Professor of Political Science at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( Kyiv, Ukraine). Education Taras Kuzio received a ...

, 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 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 ...

deputy Ihor Kril of Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense. The merger of United Center with the

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

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, the

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

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because he was against President Yushchenko's decision to run for president for a second term and alleged nepotism.

Viktor Yanukovych Presidency (2010-2014)

The party did not join the parliamentary coalition which supported the Azarov Government in March 2010 because the

Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...

was a part of that coalition.Балога: Мы много помогали на выборах Януковичу и не скрываем этого
Official party website (March 9, 2010) A March 2010 poll predicted that the party would get 0.2% of the vote at the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.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 ...

.Kyrylo Kulykov heads Kyiv branch of United Center party
''

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'' (August 5, 2010) Kulykov had switched from Yuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-Defense. This was still nine too short to form a United Centre faction in the Verkhovna Rada.Rada Approves Cancellation Of Rule That Bans Deputies From Switching Factions
,

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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 The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...

. On November 12, 2010,

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...

appointed party leader

Minister of Emergencies and Minister of the Protection of the Population from the Chernobyl disaster .Yanukovych appointed Baloha Emergency Minister of Ukraine

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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

(November 12, 2010) According to

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, the United Centre deputies in parliament already quietly voted with the

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 ...

(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 Strong Ukraine ( uk, Сильна Україна ''Syl'na Ukrajina''); formerly the Labour Party Ukraine
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party leader

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 ...

personally prevented a merger of United Centre with

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

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(all in Zakarpattia) and thus parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

, Central Election Commission of Ukraine These seats where won by

, Vasyl Petiovka and

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

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

Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine The judicial system of Ukraine is outlined in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine.Higher Administrative Court deprives two MPs of deputy seats

(9 February 2013)
ВИЩИЙ СУД ПОЗБАВИВ МАНДАТІВ ДВОХ ДЕПУТАТІВ ''Superior Court denied MANDATES two deputies''

(8 February 2013)
В опозиції ініціюють звільнення суддів ВАСУ ''The opposition initiated dismissal Vasu''
Den (11 February 2013) On 7 July 2013 Pavlo Baloha's mandate was officially cancelled.Baloha, Dombrovsky no longer MPs

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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,

was elected (for the party) to parliament.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections

(26 July 2019)Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019

(21 July 2019)Extraordinary elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019 - Single-mandate Constituency # 69
Central Election Commission of Ukraine

Andriy Baloha's Team

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,

. Under the new name, the party saw a revival as a regional political force in

. 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

, 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 Dmytro Oleksandrovych Razumkov ( ua, Дмитро Олександрович Разумков; born 8 October 1983) is a Ukrainian politician and former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (from August 2019 to 7 October 2021). Previously he was leader ...

's new political project.