List of major Ukrainian Political Parties

Party		Abbr.	Web	Ideology	Chairman
Communist Party of Ukraine	Komunistychna Partija Ukrajiny	KPU	-	The party adheres to the Marxist-Leninist tradition.	Petro Symonenko
All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada"	Vseukrajinska Organizatsia "Hromada"	-	http://www.hromada.kiev.ua/index.htm	heavy emphasis on cooperation with business the party is pro-market oriented	Pavlo Lazarenko
Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine	Hrystyjanska Demokratychna Partiija Ukrajiny	HDPU	-	Characterizing itself as "center-right," but not "national-democratic," the party has been active in the Verkhovna Rada introducing, among other legislative acts, its own draft of the Constitution, an election law and a law on political parties. The party stands for a "social, market economy."	Vitaly Zhuravsky
Christian Liberal Union	Hrystyjanska Liberaljna Spilka	HLS	-	Adheres to the principles of Christian humanism.	Ihor Stepaniuk
Citizens’ Congress of Ukraine	Hromadjanskyj Congres Ukrajiny	HCU	-	One of the party’s program’s most consistent planks has been the necessity of close ties with Russia and most of its policies are linked to the planned-for existence of a closely-knit commonwealth of Slavic nations. In the economic sphere, the party endows all forms of ownership with an equal level of importance.	Oleksandr Bazyliuk
Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists	Congres Ukrajinskyh Natsionalistiv	CUN	-	After the party’s principal ideologue, Roman Zvarych, was removed in 1995, the party shifted to the right and largely repudiated the general, democratically oriented line pursued by Zvarych, adopting a narrower and more radical interpretation of the Ukrainian nationalist tradition.	Slava Stetsko
Constitutional Democratic Party	Constytutsijna Demokratychna Partija	CDP	-	Though the party claims in "Kadet" tradition, to eschew ideologies, it emphasized private ownership as the basis of economics.	Volodymyr Zolotariov.
Democratic Party of Ukraine	Demokratychna Partija Ukrajiny	DPU	-	Ideologically the party’s platform has borrowed heavily not only from the neoconservative, but also the social democrat traditions. The party’s program from 1995 relies on the creation of a "socially-oriented market economy."	Volodymyr Yavorivsky.
Green Party of Ukraine	Partija Zelenykh Ukrajiny	Zeleni	http://www.green.ukrpack.net/	Though principally ecological, and, in this respect comparable to green parties in the West, the party has maintained a line consistent with the national-democratic camp, with an emphasis on independence and statehood-building.	Vitaly Kononov.
Inter-regional Reforms Block	Rehionaljnyj Blok Reform	-	-	Characterizing itself most often as "liberal," the party borrows heavily from both the liberal-democrat and social-democrat traditions. Yet one of its defining features is a favorable attitude towards Russia. Reforms are a key slogan for the party.	Volodymyr Hrynov.
Labor Party of Ukraine	Partija Trudjashchyh Ukrajiny	-		Though espousing minimal state interference in economic processes, the party has often lobbied the interests of the state enterprise sector. The party simultaneously supports Ukraine’s integration both into the world and the CIS communities.	Valentyn Landyk
Labor Congress of Ukraine	Kongres Trudjashchyh Ukrajiny	KTU		Declaring itself a "party of owners," the party has emphasized economic reforms combined with "social guarantees."	Anatoly Matvienko
Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine	Liberaljno Demokratyshna Partija Ukrajiny	LDPU		Focused on the emerging "middle class," the party stands for pluralism and speedy reforms aimed at creating a market economy, but for a strong executive power as well.	Volodymyr Clymchuk
Liberal Party of Ukraine	Liberaljna Partija Ukrajiny	LPU		Until 1992 the party stood for a federative structure for Ukraine and granting Russian the status of an official language. With its move to Kyiv in 1992-1993 the party retracted its stance on the Russian language, but continued to support the idea of dual citizenship for Ukrainians and Russians, an idea renounced under the leadership of Oleh Soskin. The party has always been relatively pro-free market, including support for the private ownership of land, but with a dose of state intervention, such as in the case of the development of the country’s agricultural sector.	Volodymyr Shcherban.
Party of Economic Rebirth	Partija Ekonomichnoho Vidrodzhennja	-		Under the slogans "Freedom, Stability, Justice!" the party stands for a mixed economic system.	Volodymyr Sheviov.
Party of the Slavic Unity of Ukraine	Partija Slavjansjkoho Jedynstva Ukrajiny	PSEU		The party supports a federal structure for Ukraine with a right to dual citizenship with the Russian Federation, a single information and economic space between Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, as well as the formation of unitary Slav strategic armed forces.	Valentyn Hlushko
Peasants' Party of Ukraine	Seljansjka Partija Ukrajiny	SelPU		The party supports a mixed economic system and defends the interests of its principal membership by resisting budget and land reforms.	Serhiy Dovhan'
People's Democratic Party	Narodno Demokratychna Partija	NDP	http://www.ndp.org.ua	Supporting economic reforms the party remains staunchly pro-presidential.	Anatoly Matvienko
Popular Movement of Ukraine "Rukh"	Rukh Ukrajiny	Rukh	http://www.rukhpress-center.kiev.ua/	Characterizing itself as center-right, the party’s slogan is "Statehood, Democracy, Reforms!"	Vjacheslav Chornovyl(*) * The great patriot of Ukraine Vjacheslav Chornovyl died in a car accident.
"Reforms and Order"	Reformy i Porjadok	-	http://reformy.org.ua/	An emphasis on economic reform	Viktor Pynzenyk.
Republican Christian Party	Respublikansjka Hrystyjansjka Partija	RHP		Adhering to general Christian-democratic principles, the party is a strong supporter of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate	Mykola Porovsky.
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine	Sotsialjno Demokratychna Partija Ukrajiny	SDPU		The party subscribes to the principles of the Socialist International and recognizes its Stockholm Declaration.	Yuriy Buzduhan.
Social Democratic Party (United)	Sotsial Demokratychna Partija Ukrajiny (Objednana)	SDPU(O)		Supporting Ukraine’s independence, the party stands for the building of a rule-of-law, socially-oriented state which provides for the safeguarding of the values of freedom, equality, justice and solidarity.	Vasyl Onopenko.
Socialist Party of Ukraine	Sotsialistychna Partija Ukrajiny	SPU	http://www.ukrnet.net/~spu/	Setting itself the goal of "power to the workers!" the party aspires to socialism through a people’s-democratic social system.	Oleksandr Moroz
Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party	Ukrajinsjka Hrystyjansjko Demokratychna Partija	UHDP		With the safe-keeping of the nation as well as its rebirth as its primary goals, the party recognizes the priorities of human rights, the decollectivization of the rural areas and the primacy of ecological imperatives.	Oles Serhiyenko.
Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party	Ukrajinsjka Konservatyvna Respublikansjka Partija	UKRP		The party struggles for the building of a strong, independent and unitary state in the form of a parliamentary republic. Stressing family values the party supports the creation of a market economy, but is against allowing foreigners and foreign firms to purchase actors in the service sector	Stepan Khmara.
Ukrainian National Assembly	Ukrajinsjka Natsionaljna Asambleja	UNA-UNSO	http://unso.tsx.org	The party’s priorities are introducing "order," the formation of and control over a new state apparatus. In the economic sphere the party is highly resistant to the outflow of capital from the country, adheres to a mixed private-state sector economic system and opposes the dissolution of the state collective farm system.	Dmytro Korchynsky
Ukrainian National Conservative Party	Ukrajinsjka Natsionaljna Konservatyvna Partija	UNKP		The party seeks to reintroduce social justice and build a national state. In the economic sphere the party sees the necessity of protecting the emerging private sector, both from the state and from foreign actors.	Oleh Soskin.
Ukrainian Party of Justice	Ukrajinsjka Partija Zakonu	-		The party emphasizes humanism and justice as well as the rule-of-law. Stressing the need for the spiritual rebirth of society, the party supports various forms of ownership.	Yuriy Zubko.
Ukrainian Republican Party	Ukrajinsjka Respublikansjka Partija	URP		Grounded in conservatism, the party’s ideology places the rebirth of the Ukrainian people on a plane of the highest priority. Private property is regarded as sacrosanct, and sees an active role for the state in supporting favorable conditions for entrepreneurship.	Bohdan Yaroshynsky.