Vasyl Tsushko
Vasyl Tsushko | |
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Василь Цушко | |
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine | |
In office December 1, 2006 – December 18, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Yuriy Lutsenko |
Succeeded by | Yuriy Lutsenko |
Personal details | |
Born | Nadrichne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | February 1, 1963
Political party | Socialist Party of Ukraine[1] Socialists |
Relations | Son and daughter |
Occupation | Politician |
Vasyl Petrovych Tsushko (
From July 2010 to August 2011 he was the party leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine.[1]
Biography
Vasyl Tsushko was born in the Nadrichne village,
From 1986–1998, Tsushko was the head of two collective farms. From 1994–2002, Vasyl Tsushko served as a national deputy of the second, third, and fourth convocations of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). In 2005, he graduated from the National University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the qualification of a lawyer. From May 1997, he was a member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and the first Vice-president of the Committee of Bank and Financing of Ukraine. He was chosen as the head of the Odesa Oblast Government Administration on February 3, 2005.[2]
Tsushko was chosen as the
On July 24, 2010, Tsushko took over Socialist Party leadership from Oleksandr Moroz[1]
Tsushko headed the Ukrainian Economy Ministry from March to December 2010 and was appointed as head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on December 14, 2010.[8] Worked as a Head of the Antimonopoly Committee till 26 March 2014.[9]
Tsushko ran as a presidential candidate in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election. In the election he got 10 434 votes (0.06% of the total vote); making him the second to last most unsuccessful candidate of the election.[10]
Tsushko is married and has a son and daughter. He is interested in historical literature.
References and footnotes
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Economy minister appointed Socialist Party head, Kyiv Post (July 26, 2010)
- ^ "The love story of Vasily Tsushko: In the silence kept secrets". ivona.bigmir.net (in Russian). 15 May 2014.
- ^ "Instead of questioning, Tsushko was sent for medical observation" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Obkom: Tsushko suffered from methylxanthine overdose" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-05-30.
- ^ "With his worsening condition, Tsushko was sent to Germany" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-05-31.
- ^ "Ukrainian Interior Minister Tsushko's heart attack caused by poisoning – lawyer". Interfax. 2007-05-31.
- ^ "Tsushko resigns". www.korrespondent.net (in Russian). 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Parliament gives consent to Tsushko's appointment as head of Antimonopoly Committee - Dec. 14, 2010". Kyiv Post. December 14, 2010.
- ^ Parliament dismisses Tsushko as Antimonopoly Committee chief at second attempt, Kyiv Post (26 March 2014)
- ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
References
- "Tsushko Vasyl Petrovych" (in Ukrainian). dovidka.com.ua. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
External links
Media related to Vasyl Tsushko at Wikimedia Commons