People's Front (Ukraine)

People's Front
Народний фронт
PresidentArseniy Yatsenyuk[1]
Founded31 March 2014
Split fromAll-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
HeadquartersAkademik Kurchatov Street, 3, Kyiv, 02068
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[4] to right-wing[5]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)[6]
Colours    Yellow, Blue
SloganStrong team for difficult times
Verkhovna Rada
0 / 450
Regions (2015)[7]
12 / 158,399
Website
nfront.org.ua

People's Front (Ukrainian: Народний фронт; also translated as National Front or Popular Front[8]) is a nationalist and conservative political party in Ukraine founded by Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Oleksandr Turchynov in 2014.[8]

Many members of the new political entity were former members of Fatherland including Yatsenyuk and Turchynov.[9]

The party won 82 seats in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[10][11] The party did not participate in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[12]

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) Yatsenyuk faction finally got his head, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 July 2015)
  2. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Ukraine". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ Olszański, Tadeusz A. (17 September 2014), Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign, OSW—Centre for Eastern Studies
  4. ^ Gusevs, Antons (17 July 2019). "Ukrainian Elections: Reshuffling the Political Spectrum". Europe Elects. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Ukraine". Europe Elects. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "EPP Political Assembly remains committed to Spitzenkandidat process; welcomes new Ukrainian parties". epp.eu. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ Кандидати, яких обрано депутатами рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  8. ^ a b (in Ukrainian)Yatsenyuk became a leader of the "People's Front" political council, while Turchynov is a head of its headquarters. Ukrayinska Pravda. 10 September 2014
    Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party, RIA Novosti (10 September 2014)
  9. ^ Sobolev: Front for Change and Reform and Order Party to join Batkivschyna, Interfax-Ukraine (11 June 2013)
    Front for Change, Reforms and Order to dissolve for merger with Batkivshchyna - Sobolev, Ukrinform (11 June 2013)
    (in Ukrainian) Sobolev heads "Batkivshchyna" in the Rada, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (20 March 2014)
    "Turchynov is summoned for interrogation to SBU today – BYUT". UNIAN. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  10. ^ Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties maneuver for lead role in coalition , Kyiv Post (29 October 2014)
    New Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv Post (Oct. 30, 2014)
  11. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (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)
  12. ^ ""Народний фронт" і Яценюк думають не йти на вибори списком". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-07-23.

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