Agrarian Party of Ukraine
Agrarian Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Аграрна партія України) is a Ukrainian political party that was revived in October 2006 and is legally a party established/registered in 2006.[3]
Agrarian Party of Ukraine Аграрна партія України | |
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| Leader | Yuriy Krutko[1] |
| Deputy Leader | Oleh Korban[2] |
| Founded | 2015 (revived) |
| Headquarters | Kiev |
| Ideology | Agrarianism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| Colours | blue, green, orange |
| Verkhovna Rada | 1 / 450
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| Website | |
| http://agroparty.org.ua/ | |
History
Initially Agrarian Party of Ukraine was created and registered in 1996, but soon after electing Volodymyr Lytvyn the party was renamed couple of times and now is known as the People's Party.[3]
In 2006 the "Agrarian Party" was resuscitated by registering anew.[3] The party was headed by Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko MP's Mikhail Zubets and Mikhail Gladius.[3] In August 2006 they became part of the parliamentary coalition supporting the Second Yanukovych government.[3]
Between 2010 and 2014 the party is chaired alternately by members of the First and Second Azarov government: Deputy Prime Minister for Agricultural Policy Viktor Slauta and Deputy Minister of Agrarian Ivan Bysyuk.[3]
In the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party gains 15th place in Ukraine: 410 members are elected into local councils.[3]
In 2014 Vitaliy Skotsyk became chairman of the party.[3]
In 2015 the revived Agrarian Party was among the most active during local elections and placed fifth among all parties nationwide by number of representatives.[4]
From March 2016 until January 2018 veteran politician Roman Bezsmertnyi was one of the party leaders of the Agrarian Party of Ukraine.[5][6][7]
According to the Agrarian Party party leader Skotsyk was expelled from the party on 12 September 2018 for "actions that harm the authority and discredit the governing body of the party and the party as a whole".[8]
On 3 January 2019 Skotsyk did file documents with the Central Election Commission for registration as a candidate for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election; claiming to do so as a candidate of the Agrarian Party.[9] The following day the party denied this because they had expelled him.[8] The Central Election Commission registered Skotsyk as a candidate on 8 January, he was registered as a self-nominated candidate.[10]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party gained 0.51% of the national vote and no parliamentary seats, the party also failed to win a constituency seat.[11]
References
- https://zik.ua/news/2018/10/02/novym_golovoyu_agrarnoi_partii_stav_yuriy_krutko__oleg_korban_1417653
- https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/agrarian-party-of-ukraine-to-run-for-parliament-for-the-first-time.html
- (in Ukrainian) "Country party": village advocates or lobbyists of agroholdings? by Ukrayinska Pravda/Civil movement "Chesno" (2017)
- Ukrainian Committee of Constituencies showed political composition in local councils (КИУ показал политический расклад в местных советах). Finance.ua. 20 November 2015
- https://gazeta.ua/blog/49325/pro-rezultati-viboriv-do-novih-gromad
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://zik.ua/news/2018/01/24/bezsmertnyy_prypynyv_spivpratsyu_z_agrarnoyu_partiieyu_1250957
- (in Ukrainian) The Agrarian Party denies that Skotsik went to the presidency as a leader of their political forces by Ukrayinska Pravda (4 January 2019)
- (in Ukrainian) The head of the Agrarian Party also met with the presidency by Ukrayinska Pravda (3 January 2019)
- (in Ukrainian) The CEC has registered 4 more presidential candidates by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 January 2019)
- CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
(in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)