Strong Ukraine
Strong Ukraine Сильна Україна | |
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| Leader | Serhiy Tyhypko |
| Founded | 23 April 2014(re-established) 19 June 1999 |
| Ideology | Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| National affiliation | Opposition Bloc (2019) |
| Colours | Yellow Blue |
| Verkhovna Rada | 0 / 450
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| Regions (2015) | 0 / 158,399
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| Website | |
| silnaukraina | |
Strong Ukraine (Ukrainian: Сильна Україна, romanized: Sylna Ukraina); formerly the Labour Party Ukraine, is a political party in Ukraine that was re-established in April 2014. It was originally registered in August 1999 and dissolved in March 2012 after it had merged with the Party of Regions on 17 March 2012. Since late 2009 the party was and is the main vehicle of billionaire Serhiy Tihipko. After the parties merger Tihipko became a member of the Party of Regions. On 7 April 2014 the political council of this party expelled Tihipko from the Party of Regions.
The party claimed to have over 80,000 members in mid-May 2010.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won one constituency parliamentary seat.