Viktor Ostapchuk

Viktor Mykolaiovych Ostapchuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Миколайович Остапчу́к, 16 May 1955) is a Ukrainian railway administrator and later Ukrainian parliamentary (People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 7th and 8th convocations),[2] He is a Doctor of Technical Science and is honored as the Hero of Ukraine.

Viktor Ostapchuk
Віктор Миколайович Остапчу́к
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Viktor Ostapchuk

(1955-05-16) 16 May 1955
Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyRevival (Ukraine)[1]

He is known for his work at the Ukrainian Southern Railways where under his leadership number of rail-lines were electrified.

Origin

He was born on May 16, 1955 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where his family was evacuated from Zhytomyr Oblast at the beginning of the war.

Education

From 1972 to 1977 studied in Kharkiv Institute of Railway Engineers named after S.M.Kirov (now Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport) at mechanic faculty “Diesel Electric Locomotives and Management System”

In 2000 he graduated a refresher course and advanced professional training at the Kharkiv Academy of Railway Transport (now Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport)[3] getting his master's degree in specialty «Railway rolling stock and special railway transport. Locomotives», same year Ostapchuk conferred a Candidate of Technical Science degree in specialty «Car building Technology», another candidate degree he conferred in 2007 in the Department of materials and technologies of transport products issued at the Ukrainian Academy of Railway Transport

March 2012 – a degree of Doctor of Technical Science on specialty «Use and Repairing of Transport Means» was conferred

January 2014 – a degree of Professor of the Department of materials and technologies of transport products producing of Ukrainian Academy of Railway Transport was conferred

Career

Ostapchuk started out in late 1970s at the Kirov locomotive shop located near Osnova railway station in Kharkiv. Since early 1980s and until 2012 he worked at leadership positions within the Southern Railways.

Parliamentarian

State awards and honourable distinctions
  • Title of Hero of Ukraine (with Order of State) – 2004;
  • Order of Merit, III stage – 2003;
  • Order of Yaroslav the Wise, V stage – 2009;
  • Order of Friendship – 2010;
  • Honorary degree «The Honored Railroad Worker of Ukraine» – 2001;
  • Merit certificates of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2001, 2004;
  • National Award of Ukraine in architecture for complex regeneration historic-architectural surrounding and station monuments in Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast – 2004;
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References
  1. "vikimy.com - vikimy Resources and Information". vikimy.com.
  2. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  3. "University - Ukrainian State Academy of Railway Transport". kart.edu.ua.
  4. Parliamentary vote on the draft resolution on the withdrawal of President of Ukraine to fulfill constitutional powers (number 4193) - as a basis and as a whole Archived March 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Verkhovna Rada
  5. "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". gapp.rada.gov.ua.
  6. Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №177 (Харківська область) 2019, Central election commission of Ukraine


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