Party of Free Democrats

The Party of Free Democrats () is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (; Apple)., Der Spiegel (14 January 2010)

History

Mykhaylo Brodskyy (a member of the Hromada faction) formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Ukrainian Parliament mid-September 2000., Center for Policy Studies (25 September 2000)

At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).

In March 2005, the party was self-liquidated and merged into Fatherland Party (Batkivschuna) led by Yulia Tymoshenko.

On 30 September 2007, elections, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.

The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections late October 2009.

During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy. , Cherkasy city counsil website (8 November 2010)

In the 2010 local elections, the party won 1 representative in the regional parliaments of the Cherkasy Oblast...
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