The Yuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-Defense () was a Ukrainian
electoral bloc
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In the
parliamentary elections
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on 30 September 2007, the bloc was part of the Our Ukraine alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats. (In the following 2012 elections the participation of blocs of political parties was banned.)
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 ...
was the party leader.
History
The electoral bloc was created on April 13, 2007 and was based on the civil movement that was created several months earlier. The bloc consists of two parties '' Forward, Ukraine!'' and '' Christian-Democratic Union''. It participated in the
parliamentary elections
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of 2007 later forming a deputy group within the Our Ukraine alliance.
In July 2007, the old Our Ukraine bloc had been reorganized with Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" into the
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...
for the 2007 parliamentary election in September 2007. The member parties had planned to merge into a single party in December 2007 but on November 16, 2007 People’s Self-Defense decided to end its participation in the process of forming a united party since then that process is unclear. The alliance currently holds 72 out of 450 parliamentary seats.
The party's parliamentary faction did not support the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government.
In an interview with the Silski Visti (Village News) newspaper on January 29, 2009 Yuriy Lutsenko declared that ''The People's Self-Defense as an insurgent, protesting, and not very structured civil movement has ceased to exist''. Lutsenko also said he was planning to direct the organizational changes to the political party Forward, Ukraine!. In April 2010 Forward, Ukraine! renamed itself People's Self-Defense Political Party.Forward, Ukraine! Party changes name to People's Self-Defense
Kyiv Post
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(April 21, 2010) Lutsenko became leader of that party.
In November 2011 the participation of blocs of political parties in
parliamentary elections
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Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(17 November 2011) The People's Self-Defense Political Party merged with
All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
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Hennadiy Moskal
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Taras Stetskiv
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Expelled parliamentarians
The following deputies were expelled from the
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...
fraction in September 2011 because of supporting the Azarov Government.People's Self-Defense faction: Twelve parliamentarians expelled from Our Ukraine
Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(September 7, 2011)
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Oleh Novikov
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Oleksandr Omelchenko
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He served as the Mayor of Kyiv from 1999 to 2006. Omelchenko was also a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2007 to 2012.
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Reforms for the Future
Reforms for the Future () was a Ukrainian deputy group turned faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada created on February 16, 2011.
Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
(March 17, 2010)
See also
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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 ...