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"Volodymyr Rybak (politician)" redirects here. For the victim of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, see Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybak.

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Рибак; born 3 October 1946)[7][8] is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 13 December 2012[1] to 22 February 2014. Volodymyr Rybak is also the original leader of the predecessor of the Party of Regions, the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. He is a Merited Builder of Ukraine (1995).

Biography

Born in Stalino (now Donetsk), Rybak graduated from the Department of Economy at Donetsk State University in 1973, eventually receiving a doctorate in economics.[7][8] He served as chairman of the city council, executive committee and mayor of Donetsk from 1993 to 2002.[8] Rybak was co-organizer and first chairman of the Party of Regions between 1997 and 2001.[8][9] In the 2002 parliamentary elections Rybak was elected into the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), he was reelected in the 2006, 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2012 parliamentary election.[8] In 2012 he was placed tenth on the national party list of Party of Regions.[10]

Rybak was Vice Premier of Ukraine and Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utility minister (August 4, 2006 till March 21, 2007) and Vice Premier of Ukraine (March 21, 2007 till December 18, 2007) in the Second Yanukovych Government.[7]

On 13 December 2012 (following the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election) he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.[1][8] He resigned on 22 February 2014[11] citing ill health and amidst the "2014 Ukrainian revolution".[12][11]

Rybak did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election,[13] nor in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ukraine parliament elects speaker after brawls". Reuters. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Rybak at the 3rd convocation. Verkhovna Rada website
  3. ^ a b c d e "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Regions Party member Rybak elected as Verkhovna Rada Chairman". Interfax-Ukraine. Kyiv Post. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Svitlana Tuchynska (13 December 2012). "Party of Regions gets a speaker seat in parliament". Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  9. ^ Natalia Romashova (7 February 2007). Ілюзорна ідилія. Den (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  11. ^ a b Interfax: Ukraine's Yanukovych Says He Will Not Resign, Voice of America (22 February 2014)
  12. ^ Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president, BBC News (23 February 2014)
    Ukraine protests timeline, BBC News (23 February 2014)
  13. ^ (in Ukrainian) Alphabetical Index of candidates in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
2012–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Donetsk
1993–2002 		Succeeded by


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Vasylyovych_Rybak