Party of Regions releases party list

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.”

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