Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
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Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
Соцiал-демократична партiя України (об`єднана) |
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| Leader | Yury Zahorodny |
| Founded | May 1990 (Social Democratic Party of Ukraine) |
| Merger of | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine, Party of Human Rights, Ukrainian Party of Justice |
| Preceded by | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
| Colours | Blue |
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| http://www.sdpuo.com | |
The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) or SDPU(u) or SDPU(o) (Ukrainian: Соцiал-демократична партiя України (об`єднана); СДПУ(о)), is a Ukrainian political party that was originally established as the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. At the 1998 and 2002 parliamentary elections it won parliamentary seats, since then not. When in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) the party was influential, but since the Orange revolution (of late 2004) it has been marginalized.
The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Соціал-демократична партiя України) was founded in May 1990. During the 1991 presidential elections it supported Viacheslav Chornovil. The party did win two seat in the 1994 parliamentary elections.(Ukrainian) In 1995 the party merged with Party of Human Rights (Ukrainian: Партії прав людини) and Ukrainian Party of Justice (Ukrainian: Українською партією справедливост) to form Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united).
In 1998 the leadership of the party became the head of Leonid Kuchma's presidential administration Viktor Medvedchuk, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk and by Ukrainian tycoon Hryhoriy Surkis. During the presidential term of Leonid Kuchma the party portrayed itself as a centrist, social-democratic moderate political force that advocated integration with Europe and supported the president. The party was closely linked to presidential administration and big business (from Kiev). At the 1998 parliamentary elections it won 4,01% (its traditional stronghold was Zakarpattia Oblast); during this election the party ran on a moderate Ukrainian nationalist ideology. In October 1998 several prominent former members of the party established the (new party) Ukrainian Social Democratic Party.
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