Smart Politics (Ukraine)

Smart Politics Розумна полiтика
Abbreviation	RP
Leader	Dmytro Razumkov
Founder	Dmytro Razumkov
Founded	8 November 2021 (2021-11-08) (parliamentary group) 24 January 2022 (2022-01-24) (Razumkov Team)
Registered	16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) (parliamentary group)
Split from	Servant of the People
Ideology	Anti-corruption Reformism
Colours	Blue   Red
Slogan	"It is time for positive change and smart politics!" (Ukrainian: «Настав час позитивних змін і розумної політики!»)
Verkhovna Rada	25 / 450
Website
razumkov.team
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Smart Politics (Ukrainian: Розумна Політика, romanized: Rozumna Polityka, RP) is an inter-factional parliamentary group in the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine), created by former parliamentary speaker Dmytro Razumkov on 8 November 2021.^[1][2] The group currently includes 25 deputies, 19 from Servant of the People, two from Batkivshchyna and four independents.^[3][4]

History

Dmytro Razumkov is a former leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party.^[5] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Razumkov headed the party list of Servant of the People.^[5] In the election the party won 124 seats on the nationwide party list and 130 constituency seats.^[6]

On 29 August 2019, Razumkov was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament).^[7]

On 7 October 2021, the Verkhovna Rada voted to dismiss Razumkov from his post as Chairman of the Parliament.^[8] Four days earlier President Zelensky had stated, that he was "not a member of our team anymore."^[8]

On 8 November 2021, Razumkov founded the inter-factional parliamentary group Smart Politics.^[1] The group included 25 deputies, 19 from Servant of the People, two from Batkivshchyna and four independents.^[3]

On 16 November 2021, Razumkov confirmed that he would create a political party.^[9]

In January 2022, Razumkov founded an NGO called Team Razumkov that would form the backbone of the new party.^[10] Also in January 2022, Mukachevo mayor Andriy Baloha joined this project.^[10]

References

1. "Cписок членов межфракционного объединения Розумна політика". КП в Украине | КП в Україні | KP in Ukraine.
2. "РОЗУМНА ПОЛІТИКА — Програма, Балотування, Статистика, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org.
3. Лазур, Власта (9 November 2021). "«Розумна політика»: амбіції та перспективи Дмитра Разумкова". Радіо Свобода.
4. "Розумна політика: главные заявления Разумкова на брифинге". ВЕСТИ. November 17, 2021.
5. "First hundred candidates on Servant of the People's election list: who are they?". Interfax-Ukraine. June 12, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
6. CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
   (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
7. Razumkov elected as Chairman of Verkhovna Rada, Ukrinform (29 August 2019)
8. "Ukrainian Lawmakers Vote To Remove Parliament Speaker Razumkov". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
9. "Разумков підтвердив, що створюватиме партію" [Razumkov confirmed that he would create a party] (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 16 November 2021.
10. "Youngest Baloha and Ukrainian who conquered Everest join Team Razumkov". Ukrayinska Pravda. 24 January 2022.