Ukrainian Republican Party

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The Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukrainian: Українська Республіканська партія; Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija) was the first registered political party in Ukraine created on November 5, 1990^[4] by the Ministry of Justice of UkrSSR.^[5] URP was founded earlier that year in place of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in April 1990. In April 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".^[6] It then reformed in 2006.

November 1976 — Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this Ukrainian Helsinki Group where subsequently repressed, four of them (V. Stus, Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps (Gulag).

March 1988 — Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity of promoting the independence of Ukraine.

April 29–30, 1990 — Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR as the first political party in Ukraine.

A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party (UKRP) led by Stepan Khmara.^[7]

In the 1994 parliamentary elections the URP core party obtained nine seats initially adding three more by the end of the year.

During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party was part (together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists & Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party) of the Election Bloc "National Front"^[4] (Ukrainian: Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71% of the national votes^[4] and 6 (single-mandate constituency) seats.^[8][9] In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.^[8]

After being part of the National Salvation Committee^[10][11] the party became part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc alliance during the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections.^[12][13] On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".^[6]

In May 2006 Levko Lukyanenko tried to reestablish URP after URP Sobor switched to Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc; the new party became known as the URP of Lukyanenko and registered in 2006.^[14][15][16]

The Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія; Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija) reregistered in December 2006^[17][14][15] as Ukrainian Republican Party Lukyanenko (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія Лук’яненка).^[17] The party was led by political veteran Levko Lukyanenko(1928-2018).^[14][15] The party did not participate in the 2007 parliamentary election^[17] as well as the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election nationwide proportional party-list system;^[18] instead three members of the party tried to win a seat in three of the 225 local single-member districts.^[19] None of the parties candidates did win.^[20]

The party did participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election in 5 single-member districts; but again did not win seats.^[21] The party has not taken part in national elections since 2012.^[22]

The party occupies a few seats in local and provincial councils.^[23] In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections the party gained 4 deputies (0.01% of all available mandates).^[24]