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Liberal Party of Ukraine Ліберальна партія України | |
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| Head | Mykhailo Opanashchenko |
| Founded | September 12, 1991 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Social liberalism |
| National affiliation | Party of Labor and Liberal Party – TOGETHER, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc |
| Colours | golden - yellow |
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| www.lpu.org.ua | |
The Liberal Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Ліберальна партія України, romanized: Liberalna Partiya Ukrayiny, or LPU) is a modern Ukrainian political party. It was founded on September 12, 1991 in Donetsk. The official date of registration is 10.10.1991, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine certificate number is 132.
Main liberal principles are based on world's liberal traditions: precedence of law, political and economic freedoms, government and national idea. Today The Liberal Party of Ukraine has 32 thousands of members, 432 local and district centers in all regions of Ukraine, Crimea, cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol.
The aim of the party promote and disseminate ideas and principles of liberalism in Ukraine, implement liberal and democratic reforms. Traditional values of Ukrainian liberalism are labor, truth and freedom.
The Liberal Party of Ukraine is the first liberal party of former Soviet countries recognized by Liberal International as one that meets international criteria of political liberalism. LPU is officially accepted into the ranks of LI in the status of observer member on November 23, 1997 at 48th Congress of Liberal International held in Oxford (Great Britain).