Bohdan Levkiv
Ukrainian politician (1950–2021)
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Bohdan Levkiv (Ukrainian: Левків Богдан Євгенович; 22 February 1950 – 25 November 2021) was a Ukrainian politician. He served as mayor of Ternopil from 2002 to 2006.[1]
Bohdan Levkiv | |
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Levkiv in 2007 | |
| Mayor of Ternopil | |
| In office 2002–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoliy Kucherenko |
| Succeeded by | Roman Zastavnyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1950 |
| Died | 25 November 2021 (aged 71) Ternopil, Ukraine |
Early life
Levkiv was born on 22 February 1950 in Ternopil, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[2] After graduating from secondary school no. 25 in Ternopil, he attended the Ternopil Higher Vocational School of Services and Tourism.[2] He finally graduated in 1973 from Khmelnytskyi National University.[2]
After graduating, he continued to work within Ternopil. He first worked at the regional household department as first a chief engineer and then later head of the production and technical department until 1987.[2] In 1987, he was appointed Head of the Quality Department of the Center for Standardization and Metrology, which he did until 1990.[2] For a year afterward he was chief inspector of control over compliance and instructor of the organizational departments within the city.[2] According to his obituary, he was a leading advocate for the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in the 1980s to the early 1990s.[3] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he became the Director of Remobuche LLC until 1998.[2]
Political career
In 1994, he entered the Ternopil City Council.[4] In 1998, he was appointed Secretary of the Ternopil City Council, a position he served in for four years until he became Mayor of Ternopil.[2] He was mayor from April 2002 to 2006.[2] During this time, he headed the regional branch for Ternopil of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.[4]
He remained active in the local political scene therefore, running for the Ternopil Regional Council in 2009 and 2010 under the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Conscience of Ukraine parties respectively.[5]
Personal life
Bohdan Levkiv died on 25 November 2021, at the age of 71.[3]