Democratic People's Party (Ukraine)
The People's Democratic Party (UDD) is a Ukrainian political party, defined as a soci-liberal. History
The party was formed in 1996 with the merger of several groups, headed by Anatoly Matwijenko. A year later, with the support of Leonid Kuchma, one of its leaders, Vladimir Pustowojtenko, took over the post of Prime Minister, and the NDP became a top-up party of power.
In the 1998 election, the party won only 5.01% of the vote and a total of 23 seats in the 450-strong parliament, but ultimately 90 members were added to the faction, which kept the government's dominant influence. In mid-1999, Anatoly Matwijenko opposed the majority party's decision to support Leonid Kuchma's re-election bid. As a result, the former leader with his supporters left the party and the new president of the NDP was Valeriy Pustowojtenko.
Since 2000, the role of the party began to undergo gradual marginalization. Accession to the coalition For Ukraine alone brought about 20 seats in the 2002 elections. In the 2004 presidential election, the group supported Viktor Yanukovich. Some activists (including Serhiy Shevchenko) were opposed by Viktor Yushchenko (former NDP activist). The party was completely disintegrated, losing most MPs.
In 2006 the group was headed by Ludmila Suprun. The NDP Bloc (formed with the support of several caste groups) was elected in the parliamentary elections by only 0.49% of the vote. A year later, the MRL within the new coalition (also with small parties) again did not exceed the electoral threshold.
The People's Democratic Party in various periods belonged to a number of Ukrainian politicians. Former Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Anatoly Kinach, President Viktor Yushchenko, leaders of Our Ukraine Roman Bezsmertny and Mykola Martynenko, former President of the Parliament Ivan Pluszcz, the Ukrainian constitutional leader Mykhailo Syrota, Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Tolstoyov. Bibliography
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