Volodymyr Rybak (politician, born 1946)
Ukrainian politician
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Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Рибак; born 3 October 1946)[3][4] 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).
Volodymyr Rybak | |
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Володимир Рибак | |
Rybak in 2013 | |
| Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada[1] | |
| In office 13 December 2012[1] – 22 February 2014 | |
| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Turchynov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Construction, Architecture and Communal Living | |
| In office 4 August 2006 – 21 March 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Pavlo Kachur (as minister of Construction, Architecture, and Communal Living) |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Yatsuba (as minister of Regional Development and Construction) Oleksandr Popov (as minister of Communal Living) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 21 March 2007 – 18 December 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 12 May 1998[2] – 27 November 2014 | |
| 2nd Mayor of Donetsk | |
| In office September 1993 – 31 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Yukhym Zvyahilsky |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Lukyanchenko |
| Leader of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine | |
| In office October 1997 – 2001 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Mykola Azarov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak October 3, 1946 |
| Party | Party of Regions[1] |
| Alma mater | Donetsk State University |
| Occupation | Politician and doctor of economic science |
| Website | iportal.rada.gov.ua |
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.[3][4] He served as chairman of the city council, executive committee and mayor of Donetsk from 1993 to 2002.[4] Rybak was co-organizer and first chairman of the Party of Regions between 1997 and 2001.[4][5] 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.[4] In 2012 he was placed tenth on the national party list of Party of Regions.[6]
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.[3]
On 13 December 2012 (following the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election) he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.[1][4] He resigned on 22 February 2014[7] citing ill health and amidst the "2014 Ukrainian revolution".[8][7]
Rybak did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election,[9] nor in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[6]
