Christian Liberal party of Ukraine is a political party

Political party

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 in Ukraine

Ukraine

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. The party says that it is guided by the values of Christianity

Christianity

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 and the principles of Western Europe

Western Europe

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an democracy

Democracy

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: parliamentarism, the market economy

Market economy

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, free labour and powerful social programs. The party is led by the Mayor of Kiev

Mayor of Kiev

Mayor of Kiev is the elected mayor of the municipality of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, who is also normally automatically appointed as Head of the City's State Administration and Chair of the City Council....

, Leonid Chernovetskyi

Leonid Chernovetskyi

Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi is the incumbent Mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Before his political career, he was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine.-Biography:Chernovetskyi quit school...

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At the Kiev City Council election, 2008

Kiev local election, 2008

Early mayoral and city council elections were contested in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada by a 246-5 vote on March 18 amid corruption allegations involving the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi...

 the party was part of the Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc

Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc

Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc was a regional political alliance supporting the Mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetskyi based in the city of Kiev. At the 2008 combined Kiev Mayoral election and Kiev City Council election the party won the most seats in the Kiev City Council...

 alliance; it will compete in the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012 also as a member of the Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc.. It has never competed in national elections.