Serhiy Kaplin

Ukrainian politician
Serhiy Kaplin
Сергій Каплін
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th convocation
In office
December 12, 2012[1] – November 27, 2014[1]
ConstituencyUDAR, No. 144 electoral district
8th convocation
In office
November 27, 2014[2] – 29 August 2019
ConstituencyPetro Poroshenko Bloc, No. 144 electoral district
Personal details
Born (1979-12-15) 15 December 1979 (age 44)
Opryshky, Hlobyne Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyUDAR
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Socialist Party of Ukraine[3]
Social Democratic Party
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Serhiy Mykolayovych Kaplin (Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Каплін), born on December 15, 1979, is a Ukrainian politician. He is a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIIth (candidate from UDAR) and VIIIth (candidate from Petro Poroshenko Bloc) convocations, and the leader of the Social Democratic Party.[4] In the Ukrainian Parliamentary, he was a member of the faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[5]

Kaplin was an unsuccessful candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2019 election.[4]

Biography

On October 2, 2017, Kaplin was elected party leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine during a congress and he simultaneously stated his intention to take part of the 2019 presidential election.[6][7] On January 27, 2018, during the "joint meeting of the political council and the central control commission of the Socialist Party of Ukraine" Illia Kyva was expelled from the ranks of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and deprived of the status of the head of this political force.[7] Kyva claimed that his exclusion from the SPU was illegitimate.[7] Meanwhile, according to the legal registration of the Socialist Party Kyva was the legal chairman of this party.[7] Kyva was nominated by the Socialist Party on November 3, 2018, for President of Ukraine in the 2019 election.[8][7]

According to a 2018 survey (of all Ukrainian politicians) by the "Committee of Voters of Ukraine" most of Kaplin's election promises cannot be fulfilled even theoretically.[9]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kaplin lost reelection as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 144 (Poltava Oblast).[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Serhiy Kaplin at Verkhovna Rada website
  2. ^ Serhiy Kaplin at Verkhovna Rada website
  3. ^ "Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP named himself Head of the Socialist Party". RADA Program. February 8, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Serhii Kaplin was nominated for the President of Ukraine at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Lisbon". Interfax-Ukraine. December 7, 2018.
  5. ^ (in Ukrainian) The MP from the BPP began registering as a presidential candidate by Ukrayinska Pravda (3 January 2019)
  6. ^ He waselected Socialist Party leader, to run for president, Interfax-Ukraine (2 October 2017)
  7. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) The Socialists held a congress and sent Kivu to the presidency by Ukrayinska Pravda (3 November 2018)
  8. ^ Socialists put forward Kiva for presidential elections, Interfax-Ukraine (5 November 2018)
  9. ^ (in Ukrainian) From Frank to Kiwis: who are the Ukrainian socialists, Hromadske.TV (May 1, 2018)
  10. ^ "Підприємець від "Слуги народу" обійшов екс-мера Полтави і Капліна".
  11. ^ "Results of the Rada elections in constituencies". RBC Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2019.

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