The Christian Democratic Union () is a

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. On 2 December 2002, in

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the party became a member of

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. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the

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. The party also publishes a newspaper called ''Християнський демократ'' (''Christian democrat'').

History

The Christian Democratic Union was created on February 8, 1997, in

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as the Party of Christian-Popular Union () to promote the ideas of European Christian democracy in Ukraine. It was an offspring of the Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine and in 1996–1998 split off along with the All-Ukrainian Alliance of Christians. During the

1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning ...

the party was part of the electoral bloc "Forward Ukraine" ()Партія Християнсько-Демократичний Союз
, Database DATA which won 1 ( single-mandate

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) seat. In March 2002, the

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in alliance Our Ukraine led by the former President of Ukraine,

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, won the

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. In the 4th Congress of

in 2003 some regional organisation of three parties united with it ( Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine, Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party and All-Ukrainian Alliance of Christians), forming a new party on the base of

– Christian Democratic Union. A well-known Ukrainian lawyer, Dr. Volodymyr Stretovych became the CDU's president. Also registrations of the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party and All-Ukrainian Alliance of Christians were cancelled. At the

on March 26, 2006, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance. In the

on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the

Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...

alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats. The party itself was represented by six deputies: David Zhvania (Party Secretary), Volodymyr Stretovych, Volodymyr Marushchenko (leader of party in Kyiv-city), Oksana Bilozir, Oleh Novikov, Kateryna Lukianova. In Autumn of 2008, the Christian Democratic Union merged with the Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine ( Kyrylo Polishchuk). The party supported

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as presidential candidate in the

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.Christian-Democratic Union party to support Tymoshenko at presidential election
,

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(November 28, 2009) The party did not support the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government. In September 2010, the party introduced a collegial management headed by the Secretary of the party. David Zhvania, Emergencies Minister in Yulia Tymoshenko's government (in 2005) became the Party Secretary. Zhvaniya is a member of the majority coalition in parliament supporting the Azarov Government. In the 2010 local elections the party won no representative in regional parliaments nor in the Supreme Council of Crimea. All of the parties deputies were expelled from the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc faction in September 2011, because of supporting the Azarov Government.People's Self-Defense faction: Twelve parliamentarians expelled from Our Ukraine
,

(September 7, 2011) In July 2010 they had entered the ''Right of Choice'' deputy group who openly supported the Azarov Government. David Zhvania took part in the

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as an independent candidate in

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number 140 (

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wins a parliament seat) located in the town Illichivsk. He was (re-)elected in parliamentСписок депутатів нової Верховнсї Ради
,

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(11 November 2012) where in December 2012 he joined the

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faction. The party did not participate in the

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. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections the party gained 3 deputies (0.01% of all available mandates).

Policies

The three principles of the party are Justice, Solidarity and Responsibility. In economy the party supports a free market on the base of private property and honest competition, but also an active social regulating of economy. In social politics – a right for free education and medicine, an address help to those in need. In international politics –

's membership in the

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and

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References

External links

Official website

– Manifest of the Christian Democrats of Ukraine
Historical outlook
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History

Policies

See also

References

External links