Ukraine – Forward!
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Ukraine – Forward! (Ukrainian: Україна – Вперед!, Ukrajina – Vpered!, Russian: Украина — Вперёд!) is a social democratic[1][4][5] political party in Ukraine. From its registration in December 1998[3] until March 2012 it was named Ukrainian Social Democratic Party.[2] The party has, according to official figures, about 86,000 party members.[4] The official name of the party is: Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!" (Ukrainian: Партію Наталії Королевської "Україна - Вперед!", Russian: Партию Натальи Королевской "Украина — Вперёд!")[6][7]
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Ukraine – Forward! Україна – Вперед! Украина — Вперёд! | |
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Leader | Natalia Korolevska[1][2] |
Founded | 1998 (1998)[3] (as the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party)[3] |
Split from | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) |
Preceded by | Ukrainian Social Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Kyiv |
Membership (2010) | About 86,000[4] |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (2001–2012) Opposition Bloc (2014–2018) Opposition Platform — For Life (2018–2022) |
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Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was from its first election in 2002 a long-time member of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) but its leader Korolevska fell out with the BYuT's new leaders and they expelled her party from the bloc in March 2012.[8] As a part of BYuT the party was always represented in the Ukrainian Parliament.[3] But after running independently in 2012 it failed to win parliamentary representation. [9][10] Party leader Korolevska did become Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine in the second Azarov Government on 24 December 2012.[11] In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election members of the party took part in the elections on the party list of Opposition Bloc; Opposition Bloc won 29 seats.[12][13][14] From 2018, the party became a member of the Opposition Platform — For Life bloc, a pro-Russian political alliance, though the party no longer exists as a result of it being banned.
Ukraine – Forward! is commonly seen in Ukraine as a pro-business party and as representing corporate interests, although during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych and throughout Euromaidan, the party also campaigned for Yulia Tymoshenko's release from jail.[15]