History of The Party
Party was formed on Founding Congress of September 12, 1991. I.R. Markulov was selected as the first Head of the LPU.
In summer 1993 Liberal Party became all-Ukrainian. The first Congress in Kyiv adopted the program based on values of social liberalism.
In January 1995 the second Congress of LPU was held, that choose O.I. Soskin as the Head. At that time The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was forming the liberal fraction “Social ad market choice”. LPU took strong centrist stand.
The third Congress of LPU (January–April, 1996) approved new edition of party program and its new Charter. The Congress elected V.P. Shcherban as the Head of Liberal Party of Ukraine.
In 1997, the LPU actively enters the international scene for the first time, becomes a full member of international liberal movement and joins the Liberal International on the Congress in Oxford.
In 1998 it takes stand in elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the bloc “Labor Party and Liberal Party – Together!” Bloc does not overcome 4% electoral threshold and do not get to the Verkhovna Rada.
In 1999 the The Liberal Party of Ukraine supported the candidate for President of Ukraine – Leonid Kuchma.
In 2002 it took stand in parliamentary and local elections as a member of electoral bloc of Viktor Yushchenko "Our Ukraine". In result of elections two members of LPU entered the Verkhovna Rada. Two liberals chaired regional councils and one member became a mayor, 600 members of LPU became members of regional, district in cities, village and town councils.
On the eve of president elections in 2004, under the pressure of the Head V.P. Shcherban, The Liberal Party of Ukraine decided to withdraw from the Our Ukraine bloc and join the coalition that supported presidential candidate V.F. Yanukovich.
On June 4, 2005, LPU political council accepted the resignation of V.P. Scherban from post of the Chairman of the Liberty Party of Ukraine. On June 25, 2005 the new Head - P.S. Tsyganka was elected. The new composition of the Political Council and Head of the Party was selected.
In 2006 The Liberal Party of Ukraine took stand in the parliamentary elections independently and failed to overcome the electoral threshold.
LPU refused to participate in early parliamentary elections in 2007 because of reasonably disbelief in the honesty and transparency of their implementation.
In 2010 the Liberal Party nominated its candidate for President of Ukraine, the first head of LPU I.Markulov, which, however, was not registered by the CEC for technical reasons.
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 0.07% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.
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