Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc
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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
. Although the alliance intended to run nationally in the next Ukrainian parliamentary election
the faction of the Bloc disbanded itself in the Kiev City Council
on September 22, 2011. All the deputies that were members of the faction at the time where then considered as independents.
At the May 2008 Kiev City Council election the party won 43 out of the 120 seats (gaining 9% more votes)
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...
based in the city of Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
. At the 2008 combined Kiev Mayoral election and Kiev City Council election
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 won the most seats in the Kiev City Council
Kiev City Council
Kiev City Council or Kyivrada is the city council of Kiev municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev .The council meets in a 1950s City Council building...
. Although the alliance intended to run nationally in the next Ukrainian parliamentary election
Next Ukrainian parliamentary election
On February 1, 2011 the Verkhovna Rada set the election date for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election for October 28, 2012. The elections will use a mixed voting system with a 5% election threshold and the participation of blocs of political parties will not be allowed anymore...
the faction of the Bloc disbanded itself in the Kiev City Council
Kiev City Council
Kiev City Council or Kyivrada is the city council of Kiev municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev .The council meets in a 1950s City Council building...
on September 22, 2011. All the deputies that were members of the faction at the time where then considered as independents.
Kiev Mayoral election May 2008
Members
- Christian Liberal Party of UkraineChristian Liberal Party of UkraineChristian Liberal party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine. The party says that it is guided by the values of Christianity and the principles of Western European democracy: parliamentarism, the market economy, free labour and powerful social programs...
- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Christian Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine. On December 2, 2002, in Athens, Greece the party became a member of Centrist Democrat International. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the European People's Party...
(joined October 23, 2008)