New Life (party)

New Life (Ukrainian: НОВЕ ЖИТТЯ) is a political party in Ukraine.

New Life

НОВЕ ЖИТТЯ
LeaderIhor Fedorenko[1][2]
Founded2010
Kiev City Council
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Website
www.n-z.org.ua

History

The party held was created on its first congress on April 17, 2010.[1] On October 5, 2010 the party changed the name of the party from "Freedom" (Ukrainian: ВОЛЯ) to "New Life".[1] In March 2011 the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice registered the party.[1][3] The Chairman of the party was and is Ihor Fedorenko (born in 1974).[1][2]

The party did not participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections.[4]

In the 2014 Kiev local election the party won 3 seats in the Kiev City Council.[5][6] In the simultaneously held mayoral elections the parties candidate Lesya Orobets finished second (after Vitali Klitschko who won with almost 57% of the votes) with 8.46%.[7][8] Orobets at the time was a member of the Ukrainian Parliament elected during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election on the party list of Batkivshchyna.[9][10]

In the 2015 Kiev local election the party lost its seats in the Kiev City Council (it scored less than 2% of the vote).[11]

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) Registered 186 th political party in Ukraine - "New Life", Ukrainian Ministry of Justice (24.03.2011)
  2. (in Ukrainian) Elections to the city council. Who is hiding behind the beautiful advertising, Glavcom (21 May 2014)
  3. (in Ukrainian) Short info sheet, Information Centre "DATA"
  4. (in Ukrainian) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nationwide list, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  5. (in Ukrainian) In Kyivrada are 9 parties - official results, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 June 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
  6. (in Ukrainian) UDAR has 75% of the constituencies in Kyivrada, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 June 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
  7. Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)
  8. (in Ukrainian) Orobets & Lyashko did not want to go down to the level of Kyivrada, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
  9. Портал Верховної Ради України http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/7211
  10. (in Russian) Short bio of Lesya Orobets, LIGA
  11. http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/11/2/7087280/
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