Vasyl Durdynets
Vasyl Durdynets | |
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Василь Дурдинець | |
Independent, Kirovohrad Oblast, District No.229[4] | |
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Born | Romočevica, Czechoslovakia (now Romochevytsia, Mukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine) | 27 September 1937
Major General Vasyl Vasylovych Durdynets (Ukrainian: Василь Васильович Дурдинець; born 27 September 1937)[1] is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. He served as Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine during a short period in July 1997.[1]
Biography and career
Vasyl Durdynets was born into peasant family in
In 1978 Durdynets was appointed a deputy and in 1982 he became the first deputy
To the next convocation Durdynets was reelected as non-affiliated at the 229th electoral district in the same city. At the second convocation Durdynets was a leader of deputy group "Center" and the parliamentary commission on fight with organized crime and corruption. Simultaneously he also served as the first deputy chairman of the Presidential coordination committee in fight with corruption and organized crime.
In July 1995 he rose to the position of Vice-Prime Minister in State Security and Extraordinary Situations and the chairman of Presidential Committee in fight of corruption and organized crime. The following year he became first Vice-Prime Minister (18 June 1996) in the Cabinet of the scandalous Pavlo Lazarenko.[1] After serving a brief term as an acting Prime Minister, he was dismissed and appointed the director of the country's National Investigation Bureau (30 July 1997), while continuing to serve as the chairman of Presidential Committee in fight of corruption and organized crime. In 1996 Durdynets became an initiator in creating of the Ministry of Emergencies and matters of population security from consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster. Since 22 March 1999 he served as a Minister of Extraordinary Situations .[1][5]
Since 1997 Vasyl Durdynets was promoted to the rank of a general of Internal Affairs Service of Ukraine.
In August 1997 he was admitted to the
In 2002 Durdynets unsuccessfully ran for parliament in the 73rd electoral district in Zakarpattia Oblast as non-affiliated politician.
His state's awards include 5th and 4th Classes of the
On 25 April 2011 the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych awarded Durdynets the "Distinguished Juror of Ukraine" as an advisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a participant in the liquidation of consequences of Chernobyl disaster, and a general of Internal Service of Ukraine.[6]
Durdynets is an honorary professor of the National Academy of Internal Affairs.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "DURDYNETS, Vasyl Vasylyovych", Government Portal (Ukraine Government), retrieved 5 February 2010
- ^ a b c d Vasyl Durdynets at the Association of Transcarpathians in Kyiv
- ^ a b c d Profile at the Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ a b c Profile at the Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ "Chornobyl's 'evil' still lives – 13 years later", The Record, 26 April 1999, retrieved 5 February 2010
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Presidential Decree #501/2011 "For distinguishing with the state awards of Ukraine" Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Personal website (empty)