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The Just Ukraine Party has officially informed the Justice Ministry about the election of its new leader, the press service of the Justice Ministry has reported.

Stepan Diachenko (born in 1953, the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the We Are Ukrainians international public organization) was elected the chairman of the council of the party, replacing Anatoliy Pekhotin.

The decision on the election of the new leader was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the party on August 10, 2010.

The Justice Ministry noted the change in the party’s leader and amended the register of political parties of Ukraine. Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych signed a relevant decree.

The Just Ukraine Party was registered in the Justice Ministry on March 25, 2005 and ranked 124th in the register of political parties.