Oleksandr Moroz is the chairman of the Socialist Party of Ukraine. In 1994 - 1998, he was the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine.

In the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Mr. Moroz was nominated by the Socialist Party of Ukraine, which he has chaired since 1991. He won third place with 5.81% votes and decided to support the center-right Viktor Yushchenko against government backed Viktor Yanukovich in the second round. After the november elections he joined the Orange Revolution, protesting the electoral forgeries.

A presidential candidate in the 1994 and 1999 elections, when he came in third place both times, with 13.04% of the votes in 1994 and 11.29% in 1999.

Since 2001, he has been a member of a special board "Forum of national salvation", a representative of a Public Committee of Protection of the Constitution "Ukraine Without Kuchma" in charge of negotiations with representatives of the regime. In his program he speaks in support of continuation of political reform, which will allow establishing public control over the government. He also speaks in support of the preservation of land for Ukrainian farmers and gives many promises about resolving social problems, using socialist rhetoric.

Life facts

Birth: February 29, 1944.

External links

• Socialist Party of Ukraine (website, in Ukrainian) (http://www.socpart.info)

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