Anatoliy Matviyenko
Anatoliy Matviyenko | |
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Prime Minister of Crimea | |
In office April 20 – September 21, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Serhiy Kunitsyn |
Succeeded by | Anatoliy Burdiuhov |
Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast | |
In office June 18, 1996 – May 12, 1998 | |
Preceded by | Mykola Melnyk |
Succeeded by | Mykola Chumak |
Personal details | |
Born | Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | March 22, 1953
Died | 22 May 2020 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 67)
Anatoliy Serhiyovych Matviyenko (
Biography
Matviyenko was born on March 22, 1953, in Bershad, Vinnytsia Oblast,[2] to a working-class family. In 1975, he graduated the Lviv Agrarian Institute, Agrarian Mechanization faculty.[2]
Between 1975 and 1977 Matviyenko worked as a mechanic in Bershad.[2] From 1977 he was an activist of Komsomol (LKSMU) and by 1985 became a secretary of the Central Committee of LKSMU.[2] In 1989–91 Matviyenko became the first secretary of the Ukrainian Komsomol and became a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine.[2]
As the first secretary of the Central Committee of
Matviyenko was Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast between 1996 and 1998.[2] In February 1996 Matviyenko became member and leader of the new People's Democratic Party.[2]
Matviyenko returned to the Ukrainian parliament in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election for the People's Democratic Party.[2] He also was the party's faction leader.[2] But Matviyenko left this party after accusing the party of being forced into supporting Leonid Kuchma in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election.[2] In December 1999 Matviyenko was one of the founders and first leader of the
In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Matviyenko was elected for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, he was placed second on its election list after Yulia Tymoshenko.[2] From 20 April 2005 to 21 September 2005 Matviyenko was Prime Minister of Crimea.[2] In September 2005 he resigned from the post in protest against the fact that his party members did not support the candidacy of Yuriy Yekhanurov for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine.[2]
Matviyenko briefly worked for the
Matviyenko was registered as an independent candidate in his native Vinnytsia Oblast during the
In the
In October 2016 it was reported that he had declared ownership of a private church.[6]Matviyenko died on 22 May 2020, at the age of 67.[7]
Matviyenko was married to Olha, and had two sons Viktor and Pavlo.[2]
References
- ^ Помер український політик Анатолій Матвієнко, Lb.ua (22 May 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Small biography of Anatoliy Matviyenko, LIGA
- ^ БЮЛЕТЕНЬ N 27. www.rada.gov.ua. 1 June 1990.
- ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - Ukrayinska Pravda(19 September 2014)
- TheGuardian.com. 31 October 2016.
- ^ The ex-people's deputy Anatoly Matvienko died Скончался экс-нардеп Анатолий Матвиенко, Interfax-Ukraine (22 May 2020) (in Russian)
External links
- Who is who at the Ukraine Official.
- Biography