Ivan Kyrylenko
Ivan Hryhorovych Kyrylenko (Ukrainian: Іван Григорович Кириленко; born 2 October 1956)[2] is a Ukrainian politician and from 2007 till December 2011 faction leader of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the Ukrainian Parliament.[3][4][5]
Ivan Kyrylenko | |
|---|---|
Іван Кириленко | |
Kyrylenko in 2016 | |
| Minister for Agriculture of Ukraine | |
| In office 10 January 2000 – 26 November 2002[1] | |
| Preceded by | Mykhailo Hladiy |
| Succeeded by | Serhiy Ryzhuk |
| Vice-Prime Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex | |
| In office 26 November 2002 – 3 February 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1956 Berdyansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainian SSR) |
| Political party | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
Education edit
In 1978 he graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Agricultural Institute, specializing in agricultural scientist. In 1991, Kirilenko was a graduate of the Academy of Social Sciences in Moscow, the specialty analyst.
Doctor of Economics, Ph.D. in History. He defended his thesis entitled "Social development of village: Experience, Problems, Prospects (for example Prydniprovia USSR)" in 1991 at the Academy of Social Sciences (Moscow), and in 1997 ibid - doctoral thesis "The formation and development of the agricultural economy in the form of a market transformation."
Labor and political activity edit
Before becoming a politician Kyrylenko worked as head of a collective farm (kolkhoz) and as a civil servant in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[2]
He was first elected into Parliament on an independent candidate on in December 1995 he then joined the faction Unity.[2] At the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kyrylenko was elected into Parliament on a Hromada ticket.[2][6] When Yulia Tymoshenko set up the breakaway All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" faction Kyrylenko joined her.[2]
Kyrylenko left Parliament 2001[7] to become Minister of Agriculture (in the Kinakh Government) and one of the founding members of (the now defunct electoral bloc) For United Ukraine in 2001.[8] At the time of the next elections he was a member of the Agrarian Party (a part of For United Ukraine).[2] Kyrylenko was Deputy Prime Minister in the First Yanukovych Government (2002-January 2005) cabinet of Viktor Yanukovych.[9][10][11][12]
In 2006 and 2007 he was elected into Parliament on an All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ticket.[13] According to Yulia Tymoshenko, Kyrylenko is her “godfather in politics”.[14] After the 2007 election he was elected faction leader of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the Ukrainian Parliament.[3] The faction re-elected as its faction leader Andriy Kozhemiakin.[4][5]
Kyrylenko was placed at number 15 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election; he was re-elected into parliament.[15][16] He served on the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of European integration.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 14th on the electoral list of Batkivshchina.[17][18]
Scientific activity edit
Published more than 100 scientific works, including some 10 books, including five in collaboration and 2 monographs.[19]
Trained Doctors 2 and 3 candidates.
Elected in 2002, a corresponding member of Academy of Agrarian Sciences Research Office of Transfer of innovation.
Personal life edit
The politician is married and his wife Zinaida name. Together they have a daughter.
Awards edit
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1986)
- Honored Worker of Agriculture of Ukraine (1993)
- Order of Merit II class (2004).
References edit
- ^ Directory of MPs of Ukrainian Parliament of sixth convocation, USAID (January 28, 2009)
- ^ a b c d e f (in Ukrainian) Biography 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Довідники про сучасну Україну
- ^ a b Ivan Kyrylenko elected on post of chairman of BYUT faction, UNIAN (19-12-2007)
- ^ a b BYT-Batkivschyna replaces its leader, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)
- ^ a b Tymoshenko aware of change in leadership of BYT-Batkivschyna faction, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)
- ^ Summing up some conclusions from the election process, Policy Documentation Center (Central European University); April 6, 1998
- ^ People's deputies, who have left, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=23581&tx_ttnews[backPid]=215
- ^ UKRAINE COUNTRY ASSESSMENT April 2003, UNHCR (April 2003)
- ^ Rada strips moonlighting MPs of powers 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (6-3-2003)
- ^ KUCHMA HAILS NEW AZAROV'S POST 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (26-11-2002)
- ^ Yulia Tymoshenko’s orbits 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (20-3-2006)
- ^ Biography, D A T A
- ^ The Coming Government of Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrayinska Pravda (11-12-2007)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
- ^ They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
- ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ^ (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of "Fatherland" 2014-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, TVi (15 September 2014)
- ^ "Website of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2013-04-21.