Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv () is a

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of Ukraine, registered on April 12, 2016. The founder and first head of the political party was

Hennadiy Kernes Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernes (27 June 1959 – 16 December 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was the 5th mayor of Kharkiv from 24 November 2010 until his death on 16 December 2020.

, who created it with the aim of participating in local elections in the

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...

, both in the

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and in the Oblast Council.

History

In 2016, the party was officially registered under the name "Unitary European Ukraine", therefore, Hennadiy Kernes himself had nothing to do with it. At the end of 2019, the party was renamed into "Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv", after which many rumors began to circulate around the party about its participation in the 2020 local elections, led by Mayor of Kharkiv

Hennadiy Kernes Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernes (27 June 1959 – 16 December 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was the 5th mayor of Kharkiv from 24 November 2010 until his death on 16 December 2020.

, which he himself did not deny. Already in early 2020, Hennadiy Kernes announced that he was going to the elections to the

Kharkiv City Council Kharkiv City Council () is the city council for the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and is elected every five years to run the city's local government. History Until 1870, members of the city council were elected according to the estate order, and ...

with his own bloc, without the Trust Deeds project, which he led together with

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and the

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, which did not participate in the

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as a united front. in favor of small electoral blocs such as the Vadim Boychenko Bloc, Vilkul's Ukrainian Perspective Bloc, Volodymyr Buriak's Unity Party, and

's Trust Deeds party. In the

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and 30.1% in the

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. Kernes died on 17 December 2020.Kharkiv mayor Kernes dies

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(17 December 2020) The snap mayoral election in Kharkiv to determinate Kernes successor was set on 31 October 2021."Servant of the people" will not nominate a candidate for mayor of Kharkiv

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(6 September 2021) In this election Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv nominated

Ihor Terekhov Ihor Oleksandrovych Terekhov (; born 14 January 1967) is a Ukrainian politician who is serving as the mayor of Kharkiv since 11 November 2021. He ascended to the mayoralty on 24 December 2020 following Hennadiy Kernes' death due to COVID-19 co ...

as its mayoral candidate.Kernes' bloc nominated Terekhov as a candidate for mayor

(6 September 2021) Terekhov had been acting Kharkiv Mayor since 24 December 2020.Death of Kharkiv mayor Kernes marks end of era
UkraineAlert by

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(22 December 2020)
The Rada has scheduled the election of the mayor of Kharkiv for October

(30 March 2021) Terekhov officially won

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with 50.66% of the votes.Kharkiv mayoral election: the court denied OPORA's lawsuits, although it acknowledged differences

(9 November 2021) At an extraordinary session of the

on 11 November 2021 Terekhov was sworn in as the new Mayor of Kharkiv.Terekhov officially became the mayor of Kharkiv

(11 November 2021) From the first days of

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, the Kernes Bloc – Successful Kharkiv took a pro-Ukrainian position. Despite the position of the political party,

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was widespread among its members. Thus, the mayor of

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, Ivan Stolbovy, agreed to cooperate with the

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. Representatives of local councils from the Kernes Bloc began cooperation with the Russian administration.

Ideology

The party declares 30 strategic steps for the development of the

and Kharkiv itself. In relation to the central government, it positions itself as the

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, and between Hennadiy Kernes and the former head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration

Oleksiy Kucher Oleksiy Volodymyrovych Kucher (; born 23 March 1985) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician. Kucher was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from November 2019 until November 2020. Biography Kucher studied at the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedago ...

there were quite tense relations. According to political scientists, the party is regionalist in ideology. The party was formed mainly from former members of the

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and took a moderate

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position. After the

, the party adopted a pro-Ukrainian position, despite the fact that

was widespread among party members. Many opponents of Kernes, accused him of establishing his

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Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

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and budget embezzlement on various city projects. In particular, Kernes was accused of creating a

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clan in Kharkiv and putting enormous pressure on

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Leadership

Until December 17, 2020, the leader of the party was the mayor of Kharkiv,

Hennadiy Kernes Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernes (27 June 1959 – 16 December 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was the 5th mayor of Kharkiv from 24 November 2010 until his death on 16 December 2020.

, after his death, the party was headed by

. Party Chair — Tetyana Chechetova-Terashvili. Faction Chair in the

— . Faction Chair in the

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

Oblast Council — Vitaly Panov.

Election results

Kharkiv City Council

Kharkiv Oblast Council

Mayoral elections

References

External links

Official party page on FacebookOfficial party page on InstagramOfficial YouTube Channel
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History

Ideology

Leadership

Election results

Kharkiv City Council

Kharkiv Oblast Council

Mayoral elections

See also

References

External links