Ukrainian politician
Yuriy Ivanovych Kostenko (Ukrainian : Юрій Іванович Костенко ; born 6 December 1951[ 1] ) is a Ukrainian politician and leader of the Ukrainian People's Party .[ 2]
Biography
Kostenko holds a Ph.D. from the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University . In 1989, he became one of the founders of People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) and served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2012,[ 3] [ 4] and in 2002 as a member of Our Ukraine .[ 5] From 1992 to 1998, he served as the minister of environmental protection.[ 3] Kostenko was a candidate at the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election where he received 2.17% of votes.[ 2] Kostenko was involved in Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament , which he later regretted, and in dealing with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster .[ 6]
Before the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kostenko initiated the creation of a coalition known as Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch who has acquired 1.9% of the vote and did not exceed the 3% threshold of the election.
In July 2007 Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch joined together the bloc Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and both got re-elected as People's Deputy of Ukraine. Unlike many allies of Yushchenko, Kostenko did not defect from the Our Ukraine grouping in parliament.[ 6]
Kostenko was a candidate in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election , his party program included recognizing Ukrainian Insurgent Army veterans,[ 6] during the election, he received 0.22% of the votes.[ 7]
Kostenko's Ukrainian People's Party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party Our Ukraine in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election , together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists ; this list won 1.11% of the national votes and no constituencies, and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[ 8] [ 9] Kostenko was second the election list of Our Ukraine.[ 10] He did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election .[ 11]
References
^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Yuriy Kostenko" .
^ a b Ukrainian People’s Party nominates its leader Kostenko for president Archived October 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , Interfax-Ukraine (24 October 2009)
^ a b "Untitled Document" . Library of Congress . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017 .
^ "The Makeup of the New Verkhovna Rada / Ukrayinska Pravda" . Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008 .
^ http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/site/dep_eng/Kostenko_Y.HTM [permanent dead link ] [dead link ]
^ a b c Kostenko will pick up votes in west, but not in other regions , Kyiv Post (14 January 2010)
^ (in Ukrainian) ЦВК оприлюднила офіційні результати 1-го туру виборів , Gazeta.ua (25 January 2010)
^ (in Ukrainian) Proportional votes Archived October 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine & Constituency seats Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Central Election Commission of Ukraine
^ "НУ, УНП и КУН объединились в "Союз патриотических сил" для участия в выборах" . 31 July 2012.
^ (in Ukrainian) "Наша Україна" хоче бути альтернативою усім учасникам виборів "Our Ukraine" wants to be an alternative to all election participants , BBC Ukrainian (31 July 2012)
^ (in Ukrainian) Alphabetical Index of candidates in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election , Central Election Commission (Ukraine) .
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