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Smart Politics (Ukraine)
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Smart Politics (Ukrainian: Розумна Політика, romanized: Rozumna Polityka, RP) is an inter-factional parliamentary group in the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine), created by former parliamentary speaker Dmytro Razumkov on 8 November 2021.[1][2] The group currently includes 25 deputies, 19 from Servant of the People, two from Batkivshchyna and four independents.[3][4]
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History
Dmytro Razumkov is a former leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party.[5] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Razumkov headed the party list of Servant of the People.[5] In the election the party won 124 seats on the nationwide party list and 130 constituency seats.[6]
On 29 August 2019, Razumkov was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament).[7]
On 7 October 2021, the Verkhovna Rada voted to dismiss Razumkov from his post as Chairman of the Parliament.[8] Four days earlier President Zelensky had stated, that he was "not a member of our team anymore."[8]
On 8 November 2021, Razumkov founded the inter-factional parliamentary group Smart Politics.[1] The group included 25 deputies, 19 from Servant of the People, two from Batkivshchyna and four independents.[3]
On 16 November 2021, Razumkov confirmed that he would create a political party.[9]
In January 2022, Razumkov founded an NGO called Team Razumkov that would form the backbone of the new party.[10] Also in January 2022, Mukachevo mayor Andriy Baloha joined this project.[10]
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