Volodymyr Lytvyn
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Volodymyr Lytvyn | |
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Володимир Литвин | |
6th convocation | |
In office 23 November 2007 – 6 December 2012 | |
Constituency | People's Party, No.1[5] |
7th convocation | |
In office 12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014 | |
Constituency | People's Party, Zhytomyr Oblast, District No.65[6] |
8th convocation | |
In office 27 November 2014 – 2019 | |
Constituency | People's Party, Zhytomyr Oblast, District No.65[7] |
Personal details | |
Born | Sloboda-Romanivska, Kyiv University | April 28, 1956
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Website | www |
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Миха́йлович Литви́н, IPA: [woloˈdɪmɪr mɪˈxɑjlowɪtʃ lɪtˈwɪn]; born April 28, 1956) is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko in an expanded capacity and stayed Chairman until December 2012.[1][11] From 1994 to 1999, Lytvyn was the aide to President Leonid Kuchma and, later, the head of his office.
Early biography and private life
Lytvyn was born in Sloboda-Romanivska village in the
Lytvyn started his career at the Kyiv State University (1978−86), then he worked as Head of Directorate in the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Vocational Training of the Ukrainian SSR (1986−89). Between 1989 and 1991 he worked as a political analyst at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Ukrainian branch of CPSU.
Lytvyn is a correspondent member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Sciences and Technology of Ukraine. However, in 2002 he was publicly and reasonably accused of plagiarizing a Western scholar when writing his article to Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.
He is married to Tetyana Kostyantynivna (born 1960), an economist. Their daughter Olena (born 1982) is a beauty industry entrepreneur, and their son Ivan (born 1989) is a student.[citation needed]
Lytvyn's hobbies include reading,
Political career
Head of the Presidential Administration
In 1994, Lytvyn became the aide to the newly elected
Gongadze murder
During the Cassette Scandal audiotapes were released on which Kuchma, Lytvyn and other top-level administration officials are allegedly heard discussing the need to silence Georgiy Gongadze for his online news reports about high-level corruption.[13] Gongadze's decapitated body was found in the suburbs of Kyiv in November 2000.[13] In 2000, Mykola Melnychenko released a secretly-taped recording allegedly of a conversation between Kuchma and Lytvyn in which the two discussed getting rid of Gongadze. Lytvyn is alleged to have said that Kuchma should "let loose [Interior Minister] Kravchenko to use alternative methods" on Gongadze. Lytvyn denied the allegation, saying that the tape was a fabrication. Independent experts who have analysed the tapes are divided as to their authenticity. Gongadze was found beheaded in a shallow grave in 2000. In 2005, Kravchenko was found dead with two bullets in his head. Official investigations concluded that he had committed suicide and that he had ordered Gongadze's murder. Lytvyn stated "The investigation confirmed my innocence in this case, despite the fact that efforts have been, are being and will be taken to make me practically the main person accused [of killing the journalist]".[14]
During the 2011—2013 trial of
Parliamentary career
In 2002, Lytvyn was elected to Verkhovna Rada as the head of the party bloc
Lytvyn refused to take part in the presidential election of 2004 despite his significant political influence.
Lytvyn's brother, Mykola Lytvyn was the chief of Ukraine's Border Guard.
Lytvyn is known for his ironic political expressions. One of his best-known sentences is "I do not protest at forming an artificial majority in our parliament. But I want this majority to include every member of parliament."
At the
In the
2010 presidential election, and 2012–14 parliamentary elections
On December 6, 2009, Mykola Melnychenko, former bodyguard to Kuchma, accused Lytvyn of ordering the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000. A spokesperson for Lytvyn dismissed the claims as part of the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election campaign.[18] During the election Lytvyn received 2,35% of the votes.[19]
Lytvyn took part in the
In the 2014 parliamentary election Lytvyn was re-elected into parliament as an independent candidate in electoral district 65 located in Zviahel with 41.48% of the votes.[24] In parliament, he joined the parliamentary group People's Will until he was asked to leave it on 19 October 2017.[25]
2019 parliamentary elections and end of political career
In the
In March 2021 Lytvyn lost in the election for the rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, taking fourth place with a result of about 4% of the vote.[28] The next day he resigned as chairman of the supervisory board of this university.[29]
Family
- Father, Mykhailo Klymovych (1930)
- Mother, Olha Andriivna (1929)
- Brothers
- General of the Army, Border Troopscommander
- Petro Lytvyn, a commander of the Southern Operational Command of Ukrainian Ground Forces
Awards
Volodymyr Lytvyn was bestowed upon the following awards:
- Hero of Ukraine (2004)
- State Prize in Science and Technology (1999)
- Distinguished Scientists of Ukraine (1998)
See also
References
- ^ a b Ukraine parliament elects speaker after brawls, Reuters (13 December 2012)
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 10-IV: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on . (Ukrainian)
- ^ "Order of Verkhovna Rada on appointment of Chairman" (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "photoservice UNIAN".
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Biography People's Party
- ^ Rada Elects Volodymyr Lytvyn[permanent dead link], Ukrainian News Agency (December 9, 2008)
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ Lytvyn manages to keep foothold in power despite his close ties to Kuchma, questions about his past, Kyiv Post (January 14, 2010)
- ^ a b Key suspect in Gongadze murder arrested; Pukach allegedly strangled journalist, but who gave the order? (UPDATED), Kyiv Post, (July 22, 2009)
- ^ Ukraine: don’t ask who killed Georgiy Gongadze, Opendemocracy.net
- ^ Court sentences Pukach to life for murdering Gongadze, disregards claims against Kuchma, Lytvyn, Kyiv Post (29 January 2013)
Ukraine police officer accuses ex-president after being jailed for life, Reuters (29 January 2013)
Gongadze killer pointed on Kuchma and Lytvyn. "LIGABusinessInform". 2013-1-29 - Telegraph.co.uk(1 September 2011)
- ^
"Parties (blocs of parties), who get three (3%) and more percents of votes of voters". Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Archived from the originalon October 11, 2007.
- ^ Former guard accuses parliament speaker of Gongadze murder, Kyiv Post (December 8, 2009)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) ЦВК оприлюднила офіційні результати 1-го туру виборів, Gazeta.ua (January 25, 2010)
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ Strange Familiar Faces, The Ukrainian Week (15 September 2012)
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short biography of Volodymyr Lytvyn, LIGA
- RBK Ukraine
- Ukrayinska Pravda(in Ukrainian). 20 October 2017.
- Ukrayinska Pravda(in Russian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
- Ukrayinska Pravda(17 March 2021)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(18 March 2021)
- Question mark is the freedom's coat of arms (Zerkalo Nedeli's first analysis of the Cassette Scandal, including quotations from the recordings; 2000) (in Ukrainian)
- Seven myths (2002 article in Zerkalo Nedeli, including accusations of copyright violation supposedly committed by Lytvyn) (in Ukrainian)
- The sacred cows can only be found in India (Lytvyn's reply to the preceding contribution, also in Zerkalo Nedeli) (in Ukrainian)
External links
- Media related to Volodymyr Lytvyn at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Ukrainian)