Pirate Party of Ukraine

The Pirate Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Піратська Партія України) is a political party in Ukraine. Based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party, it supports reform of copyright law, the abolition of patents, and respect for privacy.[2] The party was not a founding member (in 2010) of Pirate Parties International[3] but it joined them in April 2013.[4][5] As of August 2013 the party is not officially registered as such by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice.[6]

Pirate Party of Ukraine

Піратська Партія України
PresidentSergey Yarygin
Founded27 September 2011 [1]
IdeologyPirate politics
Civil rights
Patent reform
International affiliationPirate Parties International
Website
pp-ua.org

In the 2012 parliamentary election the party supported independent candidate Tetyana Montyan in single-member district number 212 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in Kiev; she became fifth in this district with 9% of the votes.[7][8]

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[9]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had 1 candidates in constituency 95 located in Irpin, but he got only 0.15% of the votes (133 votes).[10]

References
  1. "Registration order" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. "About us" (in Ukrainian). Pirate Party of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  3. "22 Pirate Parties from all over the world officially founded the Pirate Parties International". Pirate Parties International. 2010-04-21. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  4. "About the PPI". Pirate Parties International.
  5. (in Ukrainian) Європейські пірати будуть об'єднуватися в Києві European pirates will join in Kyiv, Pirate Party of Ukraine
  6. Official databases of political parties in Ukraine Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Ministry of Justice
  7. (in Ukrainian) Українські пірати підтримують Тетяну Монтян! Ukrainian Tetyana Montyan support pirates! , Pirate Party of Ukraine (17 August 2012)
  8. (in Ukrainian)Округ №212 Single-mandate constituency № 212, NB News
  9. Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  10. Political Party "Pirate Party of Ukraine", URK.VOTE


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