Party of Economic Freedom

The Party of Economic Freedom (Russian: Партия экономической свободы, Partiya Ekonomicheskoi svobody) was a political party in Russia led by Konstantin Borovoy.

Party of Economic Freedom

Партия экономической свободы
AbbreviationPEF (English)
ПЭС (Russian)
LeaderKonstantin Borovoy
Founded14 May 1992[1]
Registered25 June 1992
DissolvedJanuary 2003
Merged intoUnion of Right Forces
Headquarters11th building, Vtoroy Kolobovskiy Lane
Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia 105066
IdeologyLiberalism
Neoconservatism
Economic liberalism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Blue
Slogan"Freedom, democracy, market"
(Russian: "Свобода, демократия, рынок")
Party flag

History

The party was established in May 1992. It joined the "August" bloc for the 1993 parliamentary elections, but the bloc failed to obtain the 100,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot.[2] However, two party members, Irina Khakamada and Leonid Nekrasov, were elected after running as independents.

The party did manage to run in the 1995 parliamentary elections, but received 0.13% of the proportional representation vote, failing to cross the electoral threshold. However, it did win a single constituency seat in the State Duma,[3] taken by Borovoy. Prior to the 1999 parliamentary elections the party was in negotiations to become part of the Union of Right Forces alliance,[4] which it eventually joined.[5] The Union won 29 of the 450 seats.

The party was deregistered in January 2003, then registered again on 8 February, and finally deregistered on 17 December.

References
  1. Партия экономической свободы
  2. Michael McFaul (1994) Understanding Russia's 1993 parliamentary elections, Hoover Institution, p8, 47
  3. 1995 Parliamentary elections Archived 2004-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Political Transformation and the Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe
  4. Timothy J Colton & Michael McFaul (2003) Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000, Brookings Institution Press, 4 Nov 2003, p141
  5. NDI's final pre-election report on the December 19, 1999 parliamentary elections in Russia NDI
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