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|name = Republican Platform
|name = Republican Platform
|native_name = Республіканська платформа
|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>{{uk icon}} [http://www.minjust.gov.ua/parties Реєстр політичних партій (Register of Political Parties)], [[Ukrainian Ministry of Justice]]</ref>
| foundation = {{start date|1990}}<ref name=DATA/><ref>{{in lang|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''
| international = ''None''
| position = [[Centre-right]]
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| colours = Blue
| colours = Blue
| colorcode = Blue
| colorcode = {{party color|Republican Platform}}
| headquarters =
| headquarters =
| website = http://www.ukrplat.org.ua/
| website = http://republican-platform.org/
}}
}}
[[File:Anatoliy Matviyenko.jpg|thumb|Anatoliy Matviyenko (2003), a party leader 1999-2011.]]
[[File:Anatoliy Matviyenko.jpg|thumb|[[Anatoliy Matviyenko]] (2003), a party leader 1999-2011.]]
[[File:Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly.jpg|thumb|Old logo]]
[[File:Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly.jpg|thumb|Old logo]]


The '''Republican Platform"''' ({{lang-uk|Республіканська платформа}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Ukraine]] was the first registered [[political party]] in [[Ukraine]] created on November 5, 1990<ref name=DATA>{{uk icon}} [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] {{uk icon}}</ref> RP was founded earlier that year in place of the [[Ukrainian Helsinki Group]] in April 1990.
'''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>{{in lang|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] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805061844/www.minjust.gov.ua/0/499 |date=2012-08-05 }} {{in lang|uk}}</ref> RP was founded earlier that year in place of the [[Ukrainian Helsinki Group]] in April 1990.
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==History==
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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.


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==Previous names==
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March 1988 - Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity of promoting the independence of Ukraine.
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*1990 – 2002: '''Ukrainian Republican party'''
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*2002 – 2011: '''Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"''' ({{lang-uk|Українська республіканська партія „Собор“}})<ref name=Platform>{{in lang|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"'''
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*2015: '''Republican platform'''


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==History==
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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.
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November 1976 – Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this [[Ukrainian Helsinki Group]] were subsequently repressed; four of them ([[Vasyl Stus|V. Stus]], Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps.


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March 1988 – Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity, promoting the independence of Ukraine.
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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>


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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.
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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.


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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>
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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/>


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In the [[1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election|1994 parliamentary elections]] the URP core party obtained nine seats initially, adding three more by the end of the year.
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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>


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During the [[1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] 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>{{in lang|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/>


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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|Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections]].<ref name="cvk.gov.ua">{{in lang|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">{{in lang|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>{{in lang|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>
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==Previous names==
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*1990 - 2002: '''Ukrainian Republican party'''
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*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>
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*2015: '''Republican platform'''

==History==
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| Spring 1999
| 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.Matviyenko</small>.
| 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, [[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>
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| Summer 1999
| Summer 1999
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| Establishment of '''Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly"''' on December 25 (registration on March 9, 2000) based on the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics
| Establishment of '''Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly"''' on December 25 (registration on March 9, 2000) based on the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics
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| 1999 - 2000
| 1999 – 2000
| Along with the [[Ukrainian Republican Party]], "Assembly" initiates the anti-presidential protest action [[Ukraine without Kuchma]]
| Along with the [[Ukrainian Republican Party]], "Assembly" initiates the anti-presidential protest action [[Ukraine without Kuchma]]
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| Summer 2001
| Summer 2001
| Establishment of "[[National Salvation Committee|Forum of National Salvation]]"<ref>{{uk icon}} [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]]
| Establishment of "[[National Salvation Committee|Forum of National Salvation]]"<ref>{{in lang|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"/><ref name="Europe"/> 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]]
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| Spring 2002
| Spring 2002
| Participation in the [[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.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 "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 "Собор": 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>
| Participation in the [[2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2002 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko]].<ref name="DATA"/><ref name="cvk.gov.ua"/><ref name="Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко"/> On April 21 "Sobor" officially merged with [[Ukrainian Republican Party]] of the same bloc into new party '''Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"'''.<ref name="Merge"/> 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>
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| Fall 2004
| 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 people" 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>
| Support for [[Viktor Yushchenko]] at the [[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 People" 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>
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| 2005 - 2006
| 2005 – 2006
| Conflict with [[Levko Lukyanenko]] and assuming full rights on the name of Ukrainian Republican Party; Participation in the [[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).
| Conflict with [[Levko Lukyanenko]] and assuming full rights on the name of Ukrainian Republican Party; Participation in the [[2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election|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).
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| Fall 2007
| Fall 2007
| Participation in the [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007|2007 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc]]<ref name=DATA/>
| Participation in the [[2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2007 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc]]<ref name=DATA/>
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| Fall 2008
| Fall 2008
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On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{uk icon}} [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], [[TVi (channel)|TVi]] (15 October 2012)</ref> In the election it did not win any [[constituencies]] (it had competed in 12 constituencies<ref>{{uk icon}} [http://apk.rbc.ua/ukr/vyboru2012/party/p15/okrug Candidates], [[RBC Ukraine]]</ref>) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.<ref name=Ukrelct2012resCECU>{{uk icon}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp300pt001f01=900.html Proportional votes] & [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp039pt001f01=900.html Constituency seats], [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]]</ref>
On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{in lang|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>{{in lang|uk}} [http://apk.rbc.ua/ukr/vyboru2012/party/p15/okrug Candidates], [[RBC Ukraine]]</ref>) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.<ref name=Ukrelct2012resCECU>{{in lang|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], [[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>
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==
==Local elections==


===2010===
===2010===
In the [[Ukrainian local elections, 2010|2010 local elections]] the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in [[Western Ukraine]].<ref>{{uk icon}} [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>
In the [[2010 Ukrainian local elections|2010 local elections]] the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in [[Western Ukraine]].<ref>{{in lang|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==
==Elections==
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! [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|2004]]
! [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election|2004]]
| <center> [[Viktor Yushchenko]]
| {{center| [[Viktor Yushchenko]]}}
| <center> 15,115,712
| {{center| 15,115,712}}
| <center> 51.99
| {{center| 51.99}}
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|-
! [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2010|2010]]
! [[2010 Ukrainian presidential election|2010]]
| <center> [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]
| {{center| [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]}}
| <center> 11,593,357
| {{center| 11,593,357}}
| <center> 45.47
| {{center| 45.47}}
|}
|}


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|-
|-
! [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002|2002]]
! [[2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2002]]
| <center> 1,882,087
| {{center| 1,882,087}}
| <center> 7.26
| {{center| 7.26}}
| <center> 22
| {{center| 22}}
| part of [[Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc]]
| part of [[Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc]]
|-
|-
! [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006|2006]]
! [[2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2006]]
| <center> 3,539,140
| {{center| 3,539,140}}
| <center> 13.95
| {{center| 13.95}}
| <center> 81
| {{center| 81}}
| part of [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]
| part of [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]
|-
|-
! [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007|2007]]
! [[2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2007]]
| <center> 3,301,282
| {{center| 3,301,282}}
| <center> 14.15
| {{center| 14.15}}
| <center> 72
| {{center| 72}}
| part of [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]
| part of [[Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc|Our Ukraine]]
|-
|-
! [[Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012|2012]]
! [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election|2012]]
| <center> TBA
| {{center| TBA}}
| <center> TBA
| {{center| TBA}}
| <center> TBA
| {{center| TBA}}
| independently
| independently
|}
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{uk icon}} [http://ukrplat.org.ua/ Official site]
*{{in lang|uk}} [http://ukrplat.org.ua/ Official site]
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 21 June 2024

Republican Platform
Республіканська платформа
LeaderOleh Pavlyshyn
Founded1990 (1990)[1][2]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Civic nationalism
Political positionCentre-right
International affiliationNone
ColoursBlue
Website
http://republican-platform.org/
Anatoliy Matviyenko (2003), a party leader 1999-2011.
Old logo

Republican Platform (Ukrainian: Республіканська платформа) is a political party in Ukraine. It was the first registered political party in Ukraine, created on November 5, 1990[1] by the Ministry of Justice of UkrSSR.[3] RP was founded earlier that year in place of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in April 1990.

Previous names[edit]

  • 1990 – 2002: Ukrainian Republican party
  • 2002 – 2011: Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія „Собор“)[4]
  • 2011 – 2015: Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"
  • 2015: Republican platform

History[edit]

November 1976 – Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this Ukrainian Helsinki Group were subsequently repressed; four of them (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, promoting the independence of Ukraine.

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.

A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party (UKRP) led by Stepan Khmara.[5]

In the 1994 parliamentary elections the URP core party obtained nine seats initially, adding three more by the end of the year.

During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party was part (together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists & Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party) of the Election Bloc "National Front"[1] (Ukrainian: Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71% of the national votes[1] and 6 (single-mandate constituency) seats.[6][7] In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.[6]

After being part of the National Salvation Committee[8][9] the party became part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc alliance during the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections.[10][11] On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".[12]

Date Event
Spring 1999 Creation of the All-Ukrainian Union "Open Politics" (by members of the People's Democratic Party). 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 D. Kuchma. The Chairman of the Union, Anatoliy Matviyenko.[13]
Summer 1999 Statement on creation of a National Democratic Party was released on June 19 and signed by the Forward, Ukraine!, Democratic Party of Ukraine, People Movement of Ukraine (Kostenko), All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics, Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine
Fall 1999 Declaration on creation of the united party was signed on November 10 by the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics, parliamentary group of Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine, parliamentary faction of Democratic Party of Ukraine, Ukrainian Party Unity, Ukrainian Republican Party, Christian Democratic Union
Winter 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 "Forum of National Salvation"[14] (later known as the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko)[8][9] based on Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly", Ukrainian Republican Party, Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party (later merged with Christian Democratic Union), Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party, All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", Ukrainian Social Democratic Party
Spring 2002 Participation in the 2002 parliamentary election as part of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.[1][10][11] On April 21 "Sobor" officially merged with Ukrainian Republican Party of the same bloc into new party Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".[12] Into the new Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" was merged the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party.[15]
Fall 2004 Support for Viktor Yushchenko at the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. As part of Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine created pre-election coalition "Power of People" in support of Viktor Yushchenko[16]
2005 – 2006 Conflict with Levko Lukyanenko and assuming full rights on the name of Ukrainian Republican Party; Participation in the 2006 parliamentary election as part of the Our Ukraine[1] Levko Lukyanenko was forced to re-create the original Ukrainian Republican Party as Ukrainian Republican Party of Levko Lukyanenko. Both parties claimed their heritage to the original Ukrainian Republican Party (URP).
Fall 2007 Participation in the 2007 parliamentary election as part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc[1]
Fall 2008 Political dialog with the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Winter 2011 Name change to Ukrainian Platform Party[4]

On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[17] In the election it did not win any constituencies (it had competed in 12 constituencies[18]) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[19]

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.[20][21]

Local elections[edit]

2010[edit]

In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in Western Ukraine.[22]

Elections[edit]

Presidential since 2004
(year links to election page)
Year Candidate Votes %
2004
Viktor Yushchenko
15,115,712
51.99
2010
Yulia Tymoshenko
11,593,357
45.47
Parliamentary since 2002
(year links to election page)
Year Votes % Mandates Notes
2002
1,882,087
7.26
22
 part of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
2006
3,539,140
13.95
81
 part of Our Ukraine
2007
3,301,282
14.15
72
 part of Our Ukraine
2012
TBA
TBA
TBA
 independently

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (in Ukrainian) Українська республіканська партія „Собор“, Database DATA
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Реєстр політичних партій (Register of Political Parties) Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Ministry of Justice
  3. ^ List of registered parties in Ukraine Archived 2012-08-05 at archive.today (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Одна з партій НУНС перейменувалася та змінила голову, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 December 2011)
  5. ^ Virtual Politics – Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7 (page 31)
  6. ^ a b State-Building: A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia by Verena Fritz, Central European University Press, 2008, ISBN 9637326995 (page 353)
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results in consistencies, Central Election Commission of Ukraine (1998)
  8. ^ a b About Tymoshenko Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of Yulia Tymoshenko
  9. ^ a b Europa World Year Book 2, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8, page 4295
  10. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Виборчий блок політичних партій "Виборчий блок Юлії Тимошенко", Central Election Commission of Ukraine (December 22, 2001)
  11. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Вони – Блок Юлії Тимошенко, Ukrayinska Pravda (January 25, 2002)
  12. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Злилися УРП і "Собор": Матвієнко – голова партії, Лук'яненко – голова ради старійшин, Ukrayinska Pravda (April 21, 2002)
  13. ^ (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Small biography of Anatoliy Matviyenko, LIGA
  14. ^ (in Ukrainian) ТИМОШЕНКО ОЧОЛИЛА ОПОЗИЦІЮ НА ВИБОРАХ, Ukrayinska Pravda (July 10, 2001)
  15. ^ Party's history. Ukrainian Republican Party website.
  16. ^ Ukraine timeline, BBC News
  17. ^ (in Ukrainian) Українська платформа "Собор" знімається з виборів на користь опозиційних сил, Krayina (13 October 2012)
    Хто і чому змушує кандидатів зніматись з виборів? – розслідування ТВі Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, TVi (15 October 2012)
  18. ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  19. ^ (in Ukrainian) Proportional votes Archived 2012-10-30 at the Wayback Machine & Constituency seats Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  20. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  21. ^ Political parties in the electoral process in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  22. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)

External links[edit]

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