Yuriy Meshkov
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Yuriy Meshkov | |
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President of Crimea | |
In office February 16, 1994 – March 17, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
3rd Prime Minister of Crimea | |
In office February 4, 1994 – October 6, 1994 | |
Preceded by | Borys Samsonov |
Succeeded by | Anatoliy Franchuk |
Personal details | |
Born | Synelnykove, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | October 25, 1945
Died | September 29, 2019 Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia | (aged 73)
Political party | Republican Party of Crimea |
Other political affiliations | Bloc "Russia" |
Alma mater | Moscow State University (1977) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Yuri Aleksandrovich Meshkov (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Мєшков, Yuriy Oleksandrovych Meshkov, Russian: Юрий Александрович Мешков; October 25, 1945 – September 29, 2019)[1] was a Ukrainian politician and leader of the pro-Russian movement in Crimea.[2] He served as the only President of Crimea from 1994 to 1995.
However, eleven days after his return to Crimea in 2011, which was his first visit since 1995, Meshkov was deported from Ukraine on July 13, 2011, with a five-year restriction on his entry.[3]
Biography
Yuri Meshkov was born on October 25, 1945, in
According to an opinion column in the
In 1990, Meshkov was elected as a deputy to the
During the second round of the 1994 Crimean presidential elections, Meshkov secured a victory with 72.9 percent of the votes and became the sole president of the republic.[8][9]
Yuri Meshkov's primary political agenda was to establish much closer ties with the
In response to his efforts, in 1995 the
Living in exile in Moscow, he taught at the Moscow University.
After the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, Meshkov returned to the peninsula.[10]
References
- ^ "Ушел из жизни первый и единственный президент Крыма Юрий Мешков". 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Первый президент Крыма Юрий Мешков скончался в больнице".
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(13 July 2011)
- Vremya (MN)(February 1994)
- ^ "Meshkov Yuriy Aleksandrovich" (in Russian). AP Крым. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ "MESHKOV Yuriy Aleksandrovich". labyrinth.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ "The Plot to Recapture Ukraine". Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ "New developments in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine" (PDF). Assembly of WEU. 4 December 2001. p. 24. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- New York Times
- ^ a b "Crimea: Yuri revels in reversal of fortune". BBC News. 23 March 2014.
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada law No. 93/95-вр: On the termination of the Constitution and some laws of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Adopted on 1995-03-17. (Ukrainian)
- New York Times
- ^ ""Crimea should be Ukrainian, but without bloodshed." How Ukraine saved the peninsula 25 years ago". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 July 2020.
- ^ (in Russian) В Симферополе погибла жена президента Республики Крым (ВИДЕО) Активистка русского движения выпала из окна In Simferopol, the president's wife died of the ARC (VIDEO) Russian activist movement fell out of the window, (28 May 2011)
- ^ a b (in Russian) Мешков: Русским движением в Крыму управляют предатели Meshkov: Russian movement in Crimea run by traitors, (7 July 2011)