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]
^"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)
yuriy, kostenko, other, uses, kostenko, this, name, that, follows, eastern, slavic, naming, customs, patronymic, ivanovych, family, name, kostenko, yuriy, ivanovych, kostenko, ukrainian, Юрій, Іванович, Костенко, born, december, 1951, ukrainian, politician, le. For other uses see Kostenko In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Kostenko Yuriy Ivanovych Kostenko Ukrainian Yurij Ivanovich Kostenko born 6 December 1951 1 is a Ukrainian politician and leader of the Ukrainian People s Party 2 Yuriy KostenkoYurij KostenkoKostenko in 2009Minister of Natural Environment ProtectionIn office 13 October 1992 May 1998PresidentLeonid Kravchuk Leonid KuchmaPrime MinisterLeonid Kuchma Vitaliy Masol Yevhen Marchuk Pavlo Lazarenko Valeriy PustovoitenkoPreceded byYuriy ShcherbakSucceeded byVasyl ShevchukPeople s Deputy of UkraineIn office 23 November 2007 12 December 2012ConstituencyNUNS No 16In office 15 May 1990 25 May 2006Preceded byPosition establishedConstituencyKyiv No 22 1990 1994 Kyiv No 23 1994 1998 People s Movement of Ukraine No 5 1998 2002 Our Ukraine Bloc No 4 2002 2006 Personal detailsBorn 1951 06 12 12 June 1951 age 72 Nova Obodivka Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union now Ukraine Political partyPeople s Movement of Ukraine 1989 1999 Alma materZaporizhzhia Polytechnic National UniversityBiography editKostenko 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 edit 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 CVK oprilyudnila oficijni rezultati 1 go turu viboriv Gazeta ua 25 January 2010 in Ukrainian Proportional votes Archived October 30 2012 at the Wayback Machine amp Constituency seats Archived November 5 2012 at the Wayback Machine Central Election Commission of Ukraine NU UNP i KUN obedinilis v Soyuz patrioticheskih sil dlya uchastiya v vyborah 31 July 2012 in Ukrainian Nasha Ukrayina hoche buti alternativoyu usim uchasnikam viboriv 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 External links editOfficial website of the Ukrainian People s Party Political offices Preceded by Leader of Ukrainian People s Party1999 2013 Succeeded byOleksandr Klymenko Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yuriy Kostenko amp oldid 1197918311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
