Lytvyn Bloc Блок Литвина | |
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| Leader | Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| First Deputy | Serhiy Hrynevetsky |
| Parliamentary leader | Ihor Fedorovych Sharov |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Dissolved | 15 December 2012[1] |
| Ideology | Centrism[2][3] Agrarianism[3] |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Green |
The Lytvyn Bloc, formerly Lytvyn's People's Bloc, (Ukrainian: Блок Литвина, formerly Народний блок Литвина) was a centrist[2] political alliance in Ukraine from 2006 till 2012 led by Volodymyr Lytvyn. It is one of successors of the previous political alliance For United Ukraine which fell apart after Party of Regions left it. In 2007, the bloc surprisingly managed to return to parliament as a union of the People's Party and the Labour Party. According to Lytvyn the party had 400,000 members in October 2009.[4]
On 17 November 2011 the Ukrainian Parliament approved an election law that banned the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections.[5]
- ^ You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
- ^ a b "Ukraine rivals claim poll victory". BBC News. October 2, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2007). "Ukraine". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
- ^ Lytvyn: People’s Party to decide on its candidate for Ukraine’s presidency on October 21, Kyiv Post (October 14, 2009)
- ^ Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)