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December 4, 2007

Ukrainian Coalition Nominates Tymoshenko for Prime Minister
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leader of 2004 pro-Western 'Orange Revolution' to return to power





Orange Revolution heroine Yulia Tymoshenko shows, signed by her, the
oath of the deputy of Ukrainian Parliament, 23 Nov 2007Two reformist
Ukrainian political parties have formally nominated Yulia Tymoshenko
as their candidate for prime minister, opening the way for the leader
of the 2004 pro-Western "Orange Revolution" to return to power.

Lawmakers representing the "Our Ukraine" party of President Viktor
Yushchenko joined with Ms. Tymoshenko's bloc in unanimously approving
the nomination Tuesday. The president now has 15 days to approve the
nomination, before sending it to parliament for approval.

The coalition also nominated Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as
parliament speaker.

These votes follow a deal announced last week under which Mr.
Yushchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko agreed to reform their alliance from
2004.

Ms. Tymoshenko served as prime minister after Mr. Yushchenko won the
presidency that year. But he later fired her.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.




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