Ukrainian Union of Patriots

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Ukrainian Union of Patriots "UKROP" Українське об'єднання патріотів УКРОП
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Party leader Denys Boryssenko
founding June 15, 2015
Headquarters Kiev
Alignment Middle right
Colours) white, green
Website http://ukrop.com.ua/

The Ukrainian Union of Patriots "UKROP" (in German "Dill", Ukrainian Українське об'єднання патріотів "УКРОП" ) is a political party in Ukraine . It was registered on June 15, 2015 under its current name by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice as a renaming of the "Patriotic Alliance" party registered on September 25, 2014 and was therefore able to participate in the local elections in Ukraine in October 2015.

The chairman of the party, which is related to the oligarch Ihor Kolomojskyj , was the oligarch Hennadij Korban from the time the party was founded until 23 January 2016 , who was replaced by Denys Boryssenko ( Денис Валерійович Борисенко ). The party executive includes Borys Filatov , the former member of the Verkhovna Rada Ihor Palyzja ( Ігор Петрович Палиця ) and the member of the Verkhovna Rada Andrij Denyssenko ( Андрій Сергійович Деонен .

Alignment

The party positions itself as an emphatically patriotic center-right party with liberal views. It wants to support small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurship, demonopolize the economy, dismantle trade barriers and simplify tax laws.

Electoral successes

After the party leadership decided to take part in the local elections in Ukraine in 2015, the party won a majority in numerous municipalities and is the mayor of many towns and cities, especially in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , such as Dnipro Borys Filatov and Shovti Vody Volodymyr Abramov . The party chairman Hennadij Korban ran unsuccessfully for mayoral elections in Kiev .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Registration of the party , accessed on January 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Ministry of Justice Kolomoiskys party "Dill" registered in Pravda on June 18, 2015. Retrieved on January 20, 2016
  3. ↑ Ukrop political party of oligarch Kolomoisky applies for registration UkrInform of June 18, 2015 , accessed on January 20, 2016
  4. ↑ Corban is no longer the head of "UKROP" in Forbes-Ukraine from January 23, 2016; accessed on January 26, 2016
  5. ↑ Zhytomyr Info from June 18, 2015 , accessed on January 20, 2016
  6. ↑ Ukraine-News of September 12, 2015 , accessed on January 20, 2016
  7. ^ Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine , European Council on foreign relations, September 12, 2015, accessed January 20, 2016