Third Ukrainian Republic () is a

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. The party was formally named (from its creation in May 1999 till April 2010) Forward, Ukraine! (; ''Vpered, Ukrajino!'') and (from April 2010 till July 2014) People's Self-Defense Political Party (). In December 2011 the party announced it would be merged into

All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (), referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by People's Deputy of Ukraine, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. As the core party of the former Yulia Tymoshenko Blo ...

.Партії Тимошенко і Луценка об’єднаються у середу?

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(16 December 2011)Батьківщина та Народна самооборона завтра оголосять про злиття

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(16 December 2011) However, in July 2014 the party was re-energised and renamed.For Lutsenko registered party

(1 July 2014)
Ministry of Justice registered political party "Third Ukrainian Republic."
,

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Oleksandr Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (, ; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptists in Ukraine, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukra ...

), Christian Democratic Youth of Ukraine, the trade union "Our Right", the charity fund "Ukrainian Perspective", Ukrainian fund in support of reforms, and the political association "Young Ukraine". The leading section of that bloc was the parliamentary faction "Reforms" led by Serhiy Sobolyev. In June 1997 the faction changed its name to "Forward, Ukraine!" as well whose unofficial leader became the deputy speaker Viktor Musiyaka.Секонд-хенд для Наталі Королевської (Second hand for Nataliya Korolevska)

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. April 1, 2012 Right before the

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s however the bloc fell apart, out which was created the

Reforms and Order Party Party Reform and Order () was a liberal political party in Ukraine.

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. The rest of the bloc consisting of the Christian Democratic Union, the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party and the Young Ukraine went to the elections under its original name and led by the former deputy speaker of the Ukrainian parliament (

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) Viktor Musiyaka. The bloc "Forward, Ukraine!" proved to be an unsuccessful political project gathering only 1.73% at the elections and receiving no representation. Next year Viktor Musiyaka transformed the bloc into a party with the same name. In 2012 another party with the same name

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led by

Natalia Korolevska Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska (; born 18 May 1975Biography
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copied the statute of the "Forward, Ukraine!" and also failed to place any representation in parliament in

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Forward, Ukraine!

As a political party "Forward, Ukraine!" was registered by the Justice Ministry on May 13, 1999.Політична партія „Народна Самооборона“
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, the party was part of the

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. "Forward, Ukraine!" in parliament was represented only by its leader Viktor Musiyaka. At the

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it decided to participate alone gathering only 6,934 votes (0.02%). At the

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, the party joined Viktor's Yushchenko Bloc once more within the Yuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-Defense. Being part of the Our Ukraine alliance the party received 6 out of 72 parliamentary seats that were won by the alliance. Parliamentary mandates were received by

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, Kyrylo Kulykov, Serhiy Kharovsky, Yuriy Hrymchak, and Serhiy Lutsenko. In an interview with the Silski Visti (Village News) newspaper on 29 January 2009

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Yuriy Lutsenko Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko (; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Interior Minister and entered the Armed Forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His most recent position was Prosecutor General of Ukraine (f ...

declared that

Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" () is a political movement in Ukraine, headed by a former SPU member Yuriy Lutsenko. History Yuriy Lutsenko created People's Self-Defence in January 2007 as a “broad public movement”. Its declared pur ...

as an insurgent, protesting, and not very structured civil movement has ceased to exist". Lutsenko also said he was planning to direct the organisational changes of Forward, Ukraine!. The party supported

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( Hrihyan born 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first and only woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been ...

as presidential candidate in the

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. The party did not support the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government.

People's Self-Defense Political Party

At the ninth congress of the Forward, Ukraine! Party on February 26, 2010 the decision was taken to rename the party. Justice Minister

Oleksandr Lavrynovych Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Lavrynovych (; born June 28, 1956) is a Ukrainian physicist, lawyer, politician, former member of the High Council of Justice (Ukraine), Supreme Council of Justice of Ukraine, a former Ukraine, Ukrainian member of parlia ...

signed a relevant decree April 20, 2010.Forward, Ukraine! Party changes name to People's Self-Defense

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(April 21, 2010) On August 4, 2010 party leader

declared that the party would participate in the 2010 local elections in collaboration with

on joined lists. But eventually the party did independently participate in the election.Підрозділи МР
Official website of

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Now with much success, the party won no representatives in

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Councils (regional parliaments); its biggest success was winning seats in the city council of several towns in the

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.Львівська «НС»: перші перемоги
, Party's official website (November 2, 2010) The party announced it will be merged into

in December 2011. This process started late December 2011.Turchynov: Batkivschyna, People's Self-Defense start unification (updated)

(28 December 2011)Tymoshenko, Lutsenko aware of their parties' unification

(29 December 2011) As of mid-April 2013 there have been no reports about the party holding a congress to pass a decision on this merge. And the party was still registered at the

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. The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party "Fatherland", together with several other parties, during the 2012 parliamentary elections During the election this list won 62 seats (25.55% of the votes) under the proportional party-list system and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies; a total of 101 seats in Parliament.

Third Ukrainian Republic

On 1 July 2014 the party was officially renamed "Third Ukrainian Republic". New party leader Roman Bezsmertnyi (that day) stated to materialise the "ideas of

" by active citizens who had rallied around Lutsenko". Instead, he also said that Lutsenko was not a member of the party; but he would head the party if Lutsenko would not join the party

Solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...

. According to Bezsmertnyi

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was at the time negotiating with Lutsenko to make him party leader of Solidarity. Bezsmertnyi assured that if Lutsenko would become party leader of Solidarity he and his fellow and Third Ukrainian Republic members would "think whether to go to the polls without our leader". On 27 August 2014 Lutsenko was elected party leader of Solidarity (that party was renamed Bloc of Petro Poroshenko the same day).Poroshenko wants coalition to be formed before parliamentary elections

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(27 August 2014)
Solidarity Party to be renamed Bloc of Petro Poroshenko – congress

(27 August 2014) The party did not participate in the

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.Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election

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Elections history

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