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|name = Republican Platform
|native_name = Республіканська платформа
|logo = Republican Platform (Ukraine).png
|logo = [[File:Logo UPS.jpg|200px]]
|logo_size = 200px
| leader = [[Ostap Smuk]]<ref name=Platform/>
| leader = [[Oleh Pavlyshyn]]
| foundation = {{start date|1990}}<ref name=DATA/><ref>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.minjust.gov.ua/parties Реєстр політичних партій (Register of Political Parties)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425143200/http://www.minjust.gov.ua/parties |date=2012-04-25 }}, [[Ukrainian Ministry of Justice]]</ref>
| ideology = [[Conservatism]]
| ideology = [[Liberal conservatism]]<br/>[[Civic nationalism]]
| international = ''None''
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| colours = Blue
| colorcode = Blue{{party color|Republican Platform}}
| headquarters =
| website = http://www.ukrplatrepublican-platform.org.ua/
}}
[[File:Anatoliy Matviyenko.jpg|thumb|[[Anatoliy Matviyenko]] (2003), a party leader 1999-2011.]]
[[File:Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly.jpg|thumb|Old logo]]
The '''Republican Platform"''' ({{lang-uk|Республіканська платформа}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Ukraine]]. It was the first registered [[political party]] in [[Ukraine]], created on November 5, 1990<ref name=DATA>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/805.htm Українська республіканська партія „Собор“], Database DATA</ref> by the Ministry of Justice of [[UkrSSR]].<ref>[http://www.minjust.gov.ua/0/499 List of registered parties in Ukraine] {{ukWebarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805061844/www.minjust.gov.ua/0/499 icon|date=2012-08-05 }} {{in lang|uk}}</ref> RP was founded earlier that year in place of the [[Ukrainian Helsinki Group]] in April 1990.
November 1976 - Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this [[Ukrainian Helsinki Group]] where subsequently repressed, four of them ([[Vasyl Stus|V. Stus]], Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps. ▼
March 1988 - Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity of promoting the independence of Ukraine. ▼*1990 -– 2002: '''Ukrainian Republican party''' ▼*2002 -– 2011: '''Ukrainian Republican Party " AssemblySobor"''' ({{lang-uk|Українська республіканська партія „Собор“}})<ref name=Platform>{{ ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/12/3/6810284/ Одна з партій НУНС перейменувалася та змінила голову], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (3 December 2011)</ref> ▼*2011 – 2015: '''Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"'''
*2015: '''Republican platform''' ▼
April 29–30, 1990 - Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] as the first political party in Ukraine. ▼▲November 1976 -– Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this [[Ukrainian Helsinki Group]] wherewere subsequently repressed ,; four of them ([[Vasyl Stus|V. Stus]], Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps.
▲March 1988 -– Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity of, promoting the independence of Ukraine.
A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival [[Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party]] (UKRP) led by [[Stepan Khmara]].<ref>Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, [[Andrew Wilson (historian)|Andrew Wilson]], [[Yale University Press]], 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7 (page 31)</ref> ▼
▲April 29–30, 1990 -– Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] as the first political party in Ukraine.
In the [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1994|1994 parliamentary elections]] the URP core party obtained nine seats initially adding three more by the end of the year. ▼
▲A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival [[Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party]] (UKRP) led by [[Stepan Khmara]].<ref>Virtual Politics -– Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, [[Andrew Wilson (historian)|Andrew Wilson]], [[Yale University Press]], 2005, {{ISBN |0-300-09545-7 }} (page 31)</ref>
During the [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998]] the party was part (together with [[Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists]] & [[Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party]]) of the Election Bloc "National Front"<ref name=DATA/> ({{lang-uk|Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт»}}) which won 2,71% of the national votes<ref name=DATA/> and 6 ([[Single-member district plurality|single-mandate]] [[constituency]]) seats.<ref name=1998UEVF>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LzChTG9xYJcC&pg=PA353 State-Building: A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia] by [[Verena Fritz]], [[Central European University Press]], 2008, ISBN 9637326995 (page 353)</ref><ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vd2002/webproc0v?kodvib=1&rejim=0 Results in consistencies], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]] (1998)</ref> In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.<ref name=1998UEVF/> ▼
▲In the [[ 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election , 1994|1994 parliamentary elections]] the URP core party obtained nine seats initially , adding three more by the end of the year.
After being part of the [[National Salvation Committee]]<ref name=Tymo>[http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/page/about About Tymoshenko], Official website of [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]</ref><ref name=Europe>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA4295 Europa World Year Book 2], [[Routledge]], 2004, ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8, page 4295</ref> the party became part of the [[Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc]] alliance during the [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002|Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections]].<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vd2002/webproc0v Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко"], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]] (December 22, 2001)</ref><ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/01/25/2986569/ Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (January 25, 2002)</ref> On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the [[Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"]].<ref name=Merge>{{uk icon}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/04/21/2988348/ Злилися УРП і "Собор": Матвієнко - голова партії, Лук'яненко - голова ради старійшин], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (April 21, 2002)</ref> ▼
▲During the [[ 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election , 1998]] the party was part (together with [[Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists]] & [[Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party]]) of the Election Bloc "National Front"<ref name=DATA/> ({{lang-uk|Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт»}}) which won 2,71% of the national votes<ref name=DATA/> and 6 ([[Single-member district plurality|single-mandate]] [[constituency]]) seats.<ref name=1998UEVF>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LzChTG9xYJcC&pg=PA353 State-Building: A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia] by [[Verena Fritz]], [[Central European University Press]], 2008, {{ISBN |9637326995 }} (page 353)</ref><ref>{{ ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vd2002/webproc0v?kodvib=1&rejim=0 Results in consistencies], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]] (1998)</ref> In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.<ref name=1998UEVF/>
▲After being part of the [[National Salvation Committee]]<ref name=Tymo>[http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/page/about About Tymoshenko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926143302/http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/page/about |date=2009-09-26 }}, Official website of [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]</ref><ref name=Europe>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA4295 Europa World Year Book 2], [[Routledge]], 2004, {{ISBN |978-1-85743-255-8 }}, page 4295</ref> the party became part of the [[Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc]] alliance during the [[ 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election , 2002|Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections]].<ref name="cvk.gov.ua">{{ ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vd2002/webproc0v Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко"], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]] (December 22, 2001)</ref><ref name="Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко">{{ ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/01/25/2986569/ Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (January 25, 2002)</ref> On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the [[Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"]].<ref name=Merge>{{ ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/04/21/2988348/ Злилися УРП і "Собор": Матвієнко -– голова партії, Лук'яненко -– голова ради старійшин], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (April 21, 2002)</ref>
▲*1990 - 2002: '''Ukrainian Republican party'''
▲*2002 - 2011: '''Ukrainian Republican Party "Assembly"''' ({{lang-uk|Українська республіканська партія „Собор“}})<ref name=Platform>{{uk icon}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/12/3/6810284/ Одна з партій НУНС перейменувалася та змінила голову], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (3 December 2011)</ref>
▲*2015: '''Republican platform'''
==History==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| Spring 1999
| Creation of the '''All-Ukrainian Union "Open Politics"''' (by members of the [[People's Democratic Party (Ukraine)|People's Democratic Party]]). <small>The main goal of the Union was the consolidation of all national-democratic forces and patriotic forces for the sake of building the Ukrainian sovereign democratic state and opposition to the re-election of the President [[Leonid Kuchma|Leonid D. Kuchma]]. The Chairman of the Union, A[[Anatoliy Matviyenko]].<ref name=LIGAbAMb>{{in lang|ru}}'''/(website has automatic [[Google Translate]] option)''' [https://file.liga.net/persons/anatolii-matvienko Small biography of Anatoliy Matviyenko], LIGA</ref></small>.
|-
| Summer 1999
| Establishment of '''Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly"''' on December 25 (registration on March 9, 2000) based on the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics
|-
| 1999 -– 2000
| Along with the [[Ukrainian Republican Party]], "Assembly" initiates the anti-presidential protest action [[Ukraine without Kuchma]]
|-
| Summer 2001
| Establishment of "[[National Salvation Committee|Forum of National Salvation]]"<ref>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2001/07/10/2983120/ ТИМОШЕНКО ОЧОЛИЛА ОПОЗИЦІЮ НА ВИБОРАХ], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (July 10, 2001)</ref> (later known as the [[Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko]])<ref name="Tymo>[http:"//www.tymoshenko.ua/en/page/about About Tymoshenko], Official website of [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]</ref><ref name="Europe>[https:"//books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA4295 Europa World Year Book 2], [[Routledge]], 2004, ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8, page 4295</ref> based on Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly", [[Ukrainian Republican Party]], Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party (later merged with [[Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine)|Christian Democratic Union]]), [[Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party]], [[All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"]], [[Ukraine – Forward!|Ukrainian Social Democratic Party]]
|-
| Spring 2002
| Participation in the [[2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002|2002 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko]].<ref name="DATA>{{uk icon}} [http:"//www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/805.htm Українська республіканська партія „Собор“], Database DATA</ref><ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.name="cvk.gov.ua/pls/vd2002/webproc0v Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко"], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]] (December 22, 2001)</ref><ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/01/25/2986569/ name="Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (January 25, 2002)<"/ref> On April 21 "Sobor" officially merged with [[Ukrainian Republican Party]] of the same bloc into new party '''Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"'''.<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/04/21/2988348/ Злилися УРП і name="СоборMerge": Матвієнко - голова партії, Лук'яненко - голова ради старійшин], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (April 21, 2002)</ref> Into the new Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" was merged the [[Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141205171116/http://urp1990.com.ua/content/istorichna-dovidka-0 Party's history]. [[Ukrainian Republican Party]] website.</ref>
|-
| Fall 2004
| Support for [[Viktor Yushchenko]] at the [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|2004 Ukrainian presidential election]]. As part of [[Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko]] and [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]] created pre-election coalition "Power of peoplePeople" in support of [[Viktor Yushchenko]]<ref name=BBClineuk>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1107869.stm Ukraine timeline], [[BBC News]]</ref>
|-
| 2005 -– 2006
| Conflict with [[Levko Lukyanenko]] and assuming full rights on the name of Ukrainian Republican Party; Participation in the [[2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006|2006 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]<ref name=DATA/> Levko Lukyanenko was forced to re-create the original Ukrainian Republican Party as ''[[Ukrainian Republican Party (registered in 2006)|Ukrainian Republican Party]] of Levko Lukyanenko]]''. Both parties claimed their heritage to the original Ukrainian Republican Party (URP).
|-
| Fall 2007
| Participation in the [[2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007|2007 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc]]<ref name=DATA/>
|-
| Fall 2008
|}
On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://gazeta.ua/articles/politics/_ukrajinska-platforma-sobor-znimaetsya-z-viboriv-na-korist-opozicijnih-sil/460744 Українська платформа "Собор" знімається з виборів на користь опозиційних сил], [[Krayina]] (13 October 2012)<br />[http://tvi.ua/htos_zalezhavsya_na_pechi_a_htos_i_dosi_pich_kolupae___rozsliduvannya_tvi_pro_uzgodzhenih_kandidativ Хто і чому змушує кандидатів зніматись з виборів? – розслідування ТВі] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019074354/http://tvi.ua/htos_zalezhavsya_na_pechi_a_htos_i_dosi_pich_kolupae___rozsliduvannya_tvi_pro_uzgodzhenih_kandidativ |date=2012-10-19 }}, [[TVi (channel)|TVi]] (15 October 2012)</ref> In the election it did not win any [[constituencies]] (it had competed in 12 constituencies<ref>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://apk.rbc.ua/ukr/vyboru2012/party/p15/okrug Candidates], [[RBC Ukraine]]</ref>) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.<ref name=Ukrelct2012resCECU>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp300pt001f01=900.html Proportional votes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030190210/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp300pt001f01=900.html |date=2012-10-30 }} & [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp039pt001f01=900.html Constituency seats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105073259/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp039pt001f01%3D900.html |date=2012-11-05 }}, [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]]</ref>
In the [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] the participated in 6 constituencies; but its candidates lost in all of them and thus the party won no parliamentary seats.<ref name="allcountedCECIU81114">[http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110220835/http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html |date=2014-11-10 }}, [[Ukrainian Television and Radio]] (8 November 2014)<br />[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections -– CEC], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (8 November 2014)<br />[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament -– CEC], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (8 November 2014)</ref><ref>[http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/wp501e?PT001F01=910 Political parties in the electoral process in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]]</ref>
==Local elections==
===2010===
In the [[2010 Ukrainian local elections, 2010|2010 local elections]] the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in [[Western Ukraine]].<ref>{{ukin iconlang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2010/11/8/5552584/ Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps] by [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (November 8, 2010)</ref>
==Elections==
! style="width: 20px"|%
|-
! [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|2004]]
| <{{center>| [[Viktor Yushchenko]]}}
| <{{center>| 15,115,712}}
| <{{center>| 51.99}}
|-
! [[2010 Ukrainian presidential election, 2010|2010]]
| <{{center>| [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]}}
| <{{center>| 11,593,357}}
| <{{center>| 45.47}}
|}
! style="width: 60px"|Notes
|-
! [[2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002|2002]]
| <{{center>| 1,882,087}}
| <{{center>| 7.26}}
| <{{center>| 22}}
| part of [[Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc]]
|-
! [[2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006|2006]]
| <{{center>| 3,539,140}}
| <{{center>| 13.95}}
| <{{center>| 81}}
| part of [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]
|-
! [[2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007|2007]]
| <{{center>| 3,301,282}}
| <{{center>| 14.15}}
| <{{center>| 72}}
| part of [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]
|-
! [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012|2012]]
| <{{center>| TBA}}
| <{{center>| TBA}}
| <{{center>| TBA}}
| independently
|}
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