Holos (political party)
Voice Голос | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Kira Rudik |
| Vice leader | Inna Sovsun |
| Faction leader | Oleksandra Ustinova |
| Founder | Svyatoslav Vakarchuk |
| Founded | 16 May 2019 |
| Preceded by | Platform of Initiatives |
| Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Membership (2021) | c. 500 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (observer) |
| Colours | Orange |
| Slogan | The party of real changes |
| Verkhovna Rada | 20 / 450 |
| Regions | 335 / 43,122 |
| Website | |
| goloszmin | |
Holos (Ukrainian: Голос, pronounced [ˈɦɔlos] ⓘ, lit. 'Voice' or 'Vote') is a liberal and pro-European political party in Ukraine, led by Kira Rudik. The group was founded by Ukrainian musician Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in May 2019.
The party won 20 seats in the 2019 parliamentary election, becoming part of the opposition in the 9th Ukrainian parliament. An observer-member of Liberal International, Holos is the first party with liberal ideology to enter the Ukrainian Parliament and form a faction. After the local elections in 2020, the party gained 350 seats in the local councils.