New Life (party)
New Life Нове Життя | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Ihor Fedorenko[1][2] |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Kyiv City Council | 0 / 120 |
| Website | |
| www.n-z.org.ua | |
New Life (Ukrainian: Нове Життя) is a political party in Ukraine.
History[edit]
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 Kyiv local election the party won 3 seats in the Kyiv 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 Kyiv local election the party lost its seats in the Kyiv City Council (it scored less than 2% of the vote).[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Registered 186 th political party in Ukraine - "New Life", Ukrainian Ministry of Justice (24.03.2011)
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Elections to the city council. Who is hiding behind the beautiful advertising, Glavcom (21 May 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Short info sheet, Information Centre "DATA"
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nationwide list, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ (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) - ^ (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) - ^ Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Orobets & Lyashko did not want to go down to the level of Kyivrada, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
- ^ Портал Верховної Ради України http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/7211
- ^ (in Russian) Short bio of Lesya Orobets, LIGA
- ^ "До Київради проходять п'ять партій".
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Ukrainian)