Andriy Baloha's Team (; formerly United Centre) is a Ukrainian political party. It is an offspring of Our Ukraine. Legally, Andriy Baloha's Team is the successor of the Party of Private Property (; ''Partija privatnoi vlasnosti''), registered with the Ministry of Justice on September 24, 1999."Партія Приватної власності" офіційно повідомила Мін’юст про зміну назви на "Єдиний центр" , Ukrainian Ministry of Justice The party changed its name to United Centre in March 2008. In 2020, the party was renamed Andriy Baloha's Team and consequently taken over by Mukachevo mayor Andriy Baloha.
As United Centre the party won three seats in the
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
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The Party of Private Property was registered with the
Ministry of Justice
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on September 24, 1999. In the
1999 Ukrainian presidential election
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is lau ...
, the party endorsed incumbent President,
Leonid Kuchma
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electoral alliance
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Team of Winter Generation. Team of Winter Generation won 2.0% of the popular vote and no seats.
The Party of Private Property did not participate in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
and
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
In February 2008, several prominent members left Our Ukraine. Viktor Baloha, Head of the President's Secretariat resigned on February 15. Roman Bezsmertny, a high ranking party official, along with people's deputies Mykhaylo Polyanchych, Ihor Kril, Viktor Topolov, Oksana Bilozir and Vasyl Petiovka, resigned on February 20, declaring in a joint statement that: "some of the leaders of the party play their own game, coming from personal interests and it has nothing to do with responsibility, pluralism and norms of democracy."
At the sixth Party Congress of the Party of Private Property, held on 20 March 2008, the party decided to change its name to United Centre. At this time the party's goals were: "assisting
President
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Viktor Yushchenko
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to realize his program of actions" and "to unite
Eastern Ukraine
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and
Western Ukraine
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".
On March 27, United Centre held the founding meeting in
Kyiv
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. On July 8, Presidential Secretariat's Chief Baloha entered the United Centre party.Personal blog by
Taras Kuzio
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, adjunct professor in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa On July 12, 2008 United Centre re-elected
Verkhovna Rada
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deputy Ihor Kril of Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense. The merger of United Center with the Democratic Party of Ukraine failed to materialize prior to the congress. Administrative pressure by governors upon state employees to sign up to United Centre is said to be ongoing.Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defence Bloc complained that members of its regional branches are being poached by United Centre.
In October 2008, the Social Christian Party merged with United Centre.
On October 21, 2008, the presidium of
People's Union Our Ukraine
The Our Ukraine (), formerly known as People's Union "Our Ukraine" (), is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005.
decided not to team up with any other party then the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc for the 2008 snap parliamentary poll and called the idea of teaming up with United Centre "impossible". On 20 November 2008, the United Centre leader Ihor Kril said the party would participate independently in the next parliamentary elections and that he "fully supports the view that the format of Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc, as it exists now, is not realistic or effective. Every political force should take responsibility for their actions before the electorate."
According to
UNIAN
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, the
People's Union Our Ukraine
The Our Ukraine (), formerly known as People's Union "Our Ukraine" (), is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005.
nepotism
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.
Viktor Yanukovych Presidency (2010–2014)
The party did not join the parliamentary coalition which supported the Azarov Government in March 2010 because the
Communist Party of Ukraine
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.
In early August 2010, parliamentarian Kyrylo Kulykov joined the party, thus making six United Centre lawmakers in the
Verkhovna Rada
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Kyiv Post
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Zakarpattia Oblast
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.
On November 12, 2010,
President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
Viktor Yanukovych
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Ukrainian Independent Information Agency
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(November 12, 2010) According to Baloha, this did not mean his party would join the coalition government.Янукович зробив Балогу міністром
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(November 12, 2010) According to
Ukrayinska Pravda
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, the United Centre deputies in parliament already quietly voted with the
Party of Regions
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(the main component of the Azarov Government). Deputy Lesya Orobets left the party after Baloha's appointment because the party never informed her about it.
According to Ukrainian media Strong Ukraine, party leader Serhiy Tyhypko personally prevented a merger of United Centre with
Party of Regions
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in March 2012.
The party did not take part in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election nationwide proportional party-list system; instead, nine members of the party tried to win seats in the 225 local single-member districts. The party won three
constituencies
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Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Party of Regions
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in December 2012, while Viktor Baloha and Petiovka did not join any faction. Pavlo Baloha left the Party of Regions faction in mid-April 2012 to become an unaffiliated lawmaker too.
Pavlo Baloha was deprived of his deputy seats on 8 February 2013 by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine because it had established that the election results in the single-member districts in which he was elected (single-member districts number 71 in Zakarpattia Oblast) had been "unreliable".Higher Administrative Court deprives two MPs of deputy seats
Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
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Ukrinform
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In the 2019 parliamentary election, the party won one seat; Viktor Baloha was elected (for the party) to parliament.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Andriy Baloha's Team
In August 2020, ahead of the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, the party was renamed Andriy Baloha's Team, and taken over by Viktor Baloha's son, Andriy Baloha. Under the new name, the party saw a revival as a regional political force in
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
. Even though it only ran candidates within Zakarpattia, the organization garnered 0.5% of the total vote across Ukraine in the 2020 elections, winning 194 seats on local councils across Zakarpattia and 7 seats on the regional legislature, the Zakarpattia Oblast Council. Its most notable success came in the city of Mukachevo, where Andriy Baloha was reelected mayor. Baloha received 54% of the vote, allowing him to bypass a potential
runoff election
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The party rejects any possibility of joining a parliamentary coalition with the
Communist Party of Ukraine
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