Mykola Tomenko

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Mykola Tomenko
Микола Томенко
Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.8[7]
Personal details
Born (1964-12-11) December 11, 1964 (age 59)
Mali Kanivtsi,
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Other political
affiliations		Our Ukraine Bloc (2002-05)
Y. Tymoshenko Bloc (2005-14)
SpouseValentyna
ChildrenPavlo (b. 1989)
Websitewww.tomenko.kiev.ua

Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko (

Ukrainian constitution.[6] This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.[6]

Tomenko is a centre-right politician, previously a member of the

legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed on 3 July 2012.[10][11][12]

Biography

Early life

Mykola Tomenko (born in a village of Mali Kanivtsi,

Airborne Troops, reaching a rank of Sergeant
during the war.

In 1989, after his military service, Tomenko graduated from

Ph.D.
) defending his thesis on the topic "The issue of statehood in the program, documents and activities of the present-day parties in Ukraine (historical-political analysis)."

During his student years, after initially being a Komsomol activist, Tomenko later became the initiator of the local Komsomol organization's dissolution.

Tomenko began his professional career in 1992 at the Institute of National Operation and Self-government as the Head of the Political Science Department. Between 1992–1998 he was the vice-president of the

Foundation "The Ukrainian Outlook", the director of the Institute of Post-communism Society and the Institute of Politics (listed are non-governmental politics research organizations). At the same time he continued lecturing history and political science courses at Kyiv universities, finally becoming the Head of the Politology department in the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
.

Political career

All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
.

In mid-1990s Tomenko began his political career as a member of "My" (Ukrainian for Us) Political Union - a liberal-patriotic group close to

Parliament
candidates for Reforms and Order Party, but the party obtained no seats in parliament.

In 2002 Tomenko was elected to the Parliament on the list of the "Our Ukraine" Block (which contained Reforms and Order Party).

In late 2005 he left the party over a split on whether to back

Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[14][15] He was re-elected into parliament.[15]

In the

Ukrainian constitution.[6] This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.[6]

In April 2016 Tomenko founded and became the chairman of the “Native Land” organization aimed to "discuss an alternative public strategy for Ukraine".[16]

After declaring support for the candidature of Anatoliy Hrytsenko in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election Tomenko became the supervisor of Hrytsenko's media strategy in Hrytsenko's election headquarters.[17]

In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tomenko was placed in the top five in the top ten of the party list of Civil Position.[18] But the party did not win any seats (winning 1.04% of the national vote and not one constituency).[19]

Tomenko is a candidate (and party leader) for the

2020 Kyiv local election.[20][21][22] He finished 8th place with 15.039 votes.[23] "Native Land" also failed to win any seats in the Kyiv City Council.[23] The “Native Land” party was a continuation of the (2016 established) organization with the same name.[21]

Political style

Entering politics after studying it, Tomenko became a public speaker and hot issues commenter. This was criticized by his political opponents.[

Viktor Yuschenko
became dissatisfied with Tomenko's public attitude towards coalition allies and accused him of willingness to "comment anything on Earth" and a lack of in-government team-play sense. One controversy during Tomenko's political career occurred when the
2005 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Kyiv. He openly supported the GreenJolly music group as a candidate for representative of Ukraine. This caused criticism from show business
professionals that alleged a poor choice and Tomenko's abuse of Deputy Prime Minister position during the process.

Ukrainian Cultural Development

Tomenko initiated several promotional programs to familiarize Ukraine to visitors as well as the well established residents with the

Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine and the Seven Most Scenic Routes of Ukraine.[citation needed
]

Mykola Tomenko authored several scholarly books, more than a dozen of journal articles, and, an essay, like "Theory of Ukrainian Love".

Selected works

  • Томенко М. Теорія українського кохання. К., 2004.
  • Кудряшов С., Томенко М. та ін. Карта Севастополя: тріумф і трагедія Президентів: Фонд "Українська Перспектива": Експертна оцінка. - К., 1996. (and other research papers of this foundation)
  • several studies of Ukrainian political history authored by Tomenko and S. Sliusarenko
  • "Ukrainian romantic Mykola Gogol"[24]

References

  1. ^ "Committee on issues of ecological policy, natural resources, and the elimination of the consequences of the Chornobyl Catastrophe". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ^
    UNIAN (25 March 2016)
    "People's deputy of Ukraine VIII convocation Mykola Tomenko". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
    . Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b General official results of Rada election, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014)
    Central Election Commission announces official results of Rada election on party tickets, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014)
  9. ^ Opposition party demands inquiry into Constitutional Court's Oct. 1 ruling, Kyiv Post (October 5, 2010)
  10. ^ Ukrainians protest against Russian language law, The Guardian (4 July 2012)
  11. ^ Lytvyn:Language bill would have suited if all amendments had been accepted, Kyiv Post (4 July 2012)
  12. ^ Tomenko resigns from post of deputy Verkhovna Rada chairman, Kyiv Post (4 July 2012)
  13. ^ All In The Family: The Sequel, Kyiv Post (7 October 2016)
  14. ^ They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
  15. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (11 November 2012)
  16. ^ (in Ukrainian) Former People's Deputy Mykola Tomenko created and headed the movement "Native land", zik.ua (4 April 2016)
  17. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (17 December 2018)
  18. ^ "Гриценко представив свій список, в ньому майже 170 людей | Українська правда". Pravda.com.ua. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  19. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (21 July 2019)
  20. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (26 September 2020)
  21. ^
    Civil movement "Chesno"
    (20 September 2020)
  22. ^ Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2020)
  23. ^ a b На виборах мера Києва переміг Кличко: хто пройшов до Київміськради [Klitschko won the Kyiv mayoral election: who went to the Kyiv City Council]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  24. ^ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2024-04-05.

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