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Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Блок Юлії Тимошенко
Leader	Yulia Tymoshenko
Founded	February 9, 2001
Headquarters
Political Ideology	Social liberalism,[1] Solidarism[2]
Political Position	centre-left[3][4][5]
International Affiliation	European People's Party (observer status) [6][7]
Colours	White/Darkred
Website	www.ibyut.com
See also	Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections in Ukraine

The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, (Ukrainian: Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) is the name of the subsequently created political coalitions in Ukraine led by the politician Yulia Tymoshenko, a former Prime Minister of Ukraine.

It may refer to one or several of the following:

• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc" on the 2002 parliamentary election
• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" parliamentary faction formed by the above-mentioned bloc
• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" on the 2006 parliamentary election.
• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" on the 2007 parliamentary election.

Unlike the two subsequent "Blocs of Viktor Yushchenko", all three political unions of Tymoshenko are considered to retain largely the same leaders and positions.

At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002 the alliance comprised the following liberal and nationalist member parties:

• Fatherland Party (Partiya Bat'kivshchyna ), also rendered as All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Vseukrajins’ke Ob’ednannja Bat’kivščyna)
• Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly (Ukrajins’ka Respublikanska Partija Sobor)
• Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija)
• Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (Ukrajins’ka Social-Demokratyčna Partija)

The bloc won 7.2% of the popular vote and 21 out of 450 seats.

The alliance supported Viktor Yushchenko during the Ukrainian presidential election of 2004, and played an active role in the widespread acts of civil non-violent protest that became known as the Ukrainian Orange Revolution.

A map showing the results of the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc in Ukraine's oblasts during the parliamentary election.

The results of the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 have seen Yulia Tymoshenko move into second place with 22,27% of the vote behind Party of Regions who had 33% and ahead of Our Ukraine who received less than 14% support. It won 129 seats out of 450. After 3 months of negotiations and a coalition agreement it was widely expected that a coalition between supporters of the orange movement will form Ukraine's next government. But after the election of Oleksandr Moroz as speaker of parliament the coalition collapsed.

For the 2007 elections, the bloc consists of:

• All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
• Ukrainian Social Democratic Party
• Reforms and Order Party

The Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc this time, while the Ukrainian Republican Party had merged into the Party of Regions. In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the bloc won 156 out of 450 seats. On October 15, 2007, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc agreed to form a majority coalition in the new parliament of the 6th convocation.^[8]On November 29, a coalition was signed between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.

• Yulia Tymoshenko
• Nationalism
• Charismatic authority

• (Ukrainian) (English) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Official site
• (English) Yulia Tymoshenko personal site Official personal site of Yulia Tymoshenko

v • d • e Political parties in Ukraine
Parliamentary blocs and parties	Party of Regions (175) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (156) (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" • Reforms and Order Party • Ukrainian Social Democratic Party) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (72) (People's Union "Our Ukraine" • Forward, Ukraine! • People's Movement of Ukraine • Ukrainian People's Party • Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly • Christian Democratic Union • European Party of Ukraine • PORA • Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists • Motherland Defenders Party) Communist Party of Ukraine (27) Lytvyn Bloc (20) (People's Party • Labour Party of Ukraine)
Extra-parliamentary blocs and parties	Socialist Party of Ukraine People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko (Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine • Rus'-Ukrainian Union) Ukrainian Regional Asset (Popular Democratic Party • Democratic Party of Ukraine • Republican Christian Party) Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" (Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) • Republican Party of Ukraine • Women for the Future • All-Ukrainian Union "Center") Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch (Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine • Political Party "Cathedral Ukraine") Bloc of the Party of Pensioners of Ukraine (Party of Pensioners of Ukraine • Party of Protection of Pensioners of Ukraine) Electoral Bloc of Political Parties "KUCHMA" (Party "Union" • All-Ukrainian Union "Center") Other parties: Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs • Party of Greens of Ukraine • Viche • All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom"
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