The party said it approved the list based on popularity polls in the
regions, and more popular members were given prominent places in the
list as a result. Speaking at the party congress on Jul 30, Prime
Minister Mykola Azarov, who also heads the Party of Regions, said
that his party has to win in a fair and democratic election.
“We
have returned hope, confidence and self-worth to people,” Azarov
said. “The country now has a strong economic foundation, on which
the new quality of life will be built.”
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He
said his party is the first ever political force in independent
Ukraine, which started implementing complicated structural reform and
set long-term interests above its political ones.
Azarov
heads the list of psrty candidates. Pop singer Taisiya Povaliy,
Deputy Prime Minister Sergiy Tigipko, Chief of the National Security
Council Andriy Klyuev and faction head Oleksandr Yefremov form top
five of the list. Borys Kolesnikov, another deputy Prime Minister, is
running under number 8.
The
President’s son, Viktor Yanukovych, Jr., currently a deputy, landed
on the 22th spot of the list. Many officials from the
president’s administration, including its deputy head Iryna Akimova
and adviser Hanna Herman, will also run for parliament on the party
ticket, but not the president’s chief of staff Serhiy Lyovochkin.
None of the officials from the power group associated with him,
including Finance Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy and Energy Minister
Yuriy Boiko, are present on the list.
Plenty
of other ministers were given prominent places, though. The
controversial Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk will run under
number 11, Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych – right after
him.
Yuriy
Ivaniuschenko, who is considered to be close to the president, and is
often referred to as a member of the presidential “Family” is
number 24 on the list, while the young billionaire Vasyl Khmelnytskiy
is number 37.
Half
of the 450-seat parliament will be elected through proportional
system. The Party of Regions has the strongest support among
Ukrainians at the moment, with 28 percent of support, according to
the June poll of Democratic Initiatives Foundation think tank.
1.
Mykola Azarov
2.
Taisiya Povaliy
3.
Sergiy Tigipko
4.
Andriy Klyuev
5.
Oleksandr Yefremov
6.
Iryna Akimova
7.
Volodymyr Boiko
8.
Borys Kolesnikov
9.
Leonid Kozhara
10.
Volodymyr Rybak
11.
Dmytro Tabachnyk
12.
Oleksandr Lavrynovych
13.
Hanna Herman
14.
Stanislav Skubashevskiy
15.
Anatoliy Blyzniuk
16.
Igor Sharov
17.
Volodymyr Oliynyk
18.
Yan Tabachnyk
19.
Volodymyr Makeenko
20.
Elbrus Tadeyev
21.
Mykhailo Chechetov
22.
Viktor Yanukovych, Jr.
23.
Vitaliy Khomutynnyk
24.
Yuriy Ivaniushchenko
25.
Svitlana Fabrykant
26.
Yuriy Voropayev
27.
Nestor Shufrych
28.
Volodymyr Demydko
29.
Yevhen Geller
30.
Volodymyr Maltsev
31.
Volodymyr Vecherko
32.
Volodymyr Mkhytarian
33.
Serhiy Kyi
34.
Mykola Demyanko
35.
Volodymyr Dudka
36.
Tariel Vasadze
37.
Vasyl Khmelnytskiy
38.
Oleh Zarubinskiy
39.
Yuriy Myroshnychenko
40.
Viktor Turmanov
41.
Andriy Selivarov
42.
Serhiy Loshak
43.
Oleksandr Kuzmuk
44.
Oleksandr Yehorov
45.
Kateryna Vashchuk
46.
Andriy Varevskiy
47.
Olensa Bondarenko
48.
Yevhen Sigal
49.
Hryhoriy Smitiukh
50.
Yuriy Chertkov
51.
Mykola Bagrayev
52.
Myrulislam Arkalayev
53.
Anton Prygodskiy
54.
Hennadiy Vasyliev
55.
Oleh Shablatovych
56.
Volodymyr Prodyvus
57.
Artem Shcherban
58.
Vitaliy Kalyuzhniy
59.
Anatoliy Kinakh
60.
Inna Bohoslovska
61.
Stanyslav Melnyk
62.
Volomymyr Malyshev
63.
Mykhailo Myronenko
64.
Oleksandr Volkov
65.
Larysa Melnychuk
66.
Pavlo Korzh
67.
Vilen Shatvorian
68.
Igor Prasolov
69.
Andriy Pinchuk
70.
Anatoliy Korzhev
71.
Oleksandr Dolzhenkov
72.
Oleksandr Stoyan
73.
Ivan Popesku
74.
Ishtvan Gaidash
75.
Vasyl Polyakov
76.
Yuriy Polyachenko
77.
Oleksandr Zats
78.
Oleksandr Goroshkevych
79.
Petro Tsiurko
80.
Oleksandr Kozub
81.
Yuriy Moroko
82.
Vladyslav Zabarskiy
83.
Yuriy Kolitsei
84.
Oleksandr Kasaniuk
85.
Yulia Kovalevska
86.
Valeriy Smoliy
87.
Volodymyr Zubanov
88.
Oleksiy Plotnikov
89.
Volodymyr Lychuk
90.
Mykola Komar
91.
Anatoliy Horbatiuk
92.
Mykola Romaniuk
93.
Ihor Hlushchenko
94.
Serhiy Andros
95.
Vasyl Potapov
96.
Serhiy Viter
97.
Ivan Vernybudov
98.
Vasyl Kyseliov
99.
Vasyl Demchyshyn
100.
Yuriy Tarakai
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