United Civic Party

United Civic Party
Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя
Объединённая гражданская партия
AbbreviationUCP (English)
АГП (Belarusian)
ОГП (Russian)
LeaderMikalaj Kazloŭ
FounderStanislaŭ Bahdankievič
Founded1 October 1995; 29 years ago (1995-10-01)
Banned15 August 2023; 14 months ago (2023-08-15)
Merger ofUnited Democratic Party,
Civic Party
Headquarters22th Building, Charužaj St, Minsk, Belarus
Youth wingYoung Democrats
Membership (2011)4,000
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right[1]
National affiliationUnited Democratic Forces of Belarus
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union
Colours  Red
  White
Slogan«Construct a new, keep the best»
(Belarusian: «Пабудуем новае, захаваем лепшае»)
House of Representatives
0 / 110
Council of the Republic
0 / 64
Local seats
0 / 18,110
Website
ucpb.info

The United Civic Party (UCP; Belarusian: Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя; АГП, romanizedAbjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja; AHP; Russian: Объединённая гражданская партия; ОГП, romanizedObyedinonnaya grazhdanskaya partiya; OGP) is a banned liberal-conservative[1][2] and liberal[3][4] political party in Belarus. The party opposes the government of Alexander Lukashenko and has participated in the country's elections on a few occasions, but it did not have a single member in the Belarusian parliament until one member was elected during the 2016 elections. It claims that its lack of seats is due to the unfairness of the election process.

Famous party members are former Prime Minister Michaił Čyhir, the mysteriously disappeared politicians Jury Zacharanka and Viktar Hančar, and Hienadź Karpienka, who died prematurely.

  1. ^ a b Bugajski, Janusz (2002), Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in a Post-Communist Era, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, p. 22, ISBN 978-1-56324-676-0
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  3. ^ Wilson, Andrew (2011-12-06). Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship. Yale University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-300-13435-3.
  4. ^ Korosteleva, Elena A. (2005). "Party System Development in Belarus, 1988–2001: Myths and Realities". In Kulik, Anatoly; Pshizova, Susanna (eds.). Political Parties in Post-Soviet Space: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltics. Praeger. p. 63. ISBN 0-275-97344-1.