Vasyl Tsushko

Vasyl Petrovych Tsushko (Ukrainian: Василь Петрович Цушко; born February 1, 1963 in Nadrichne, Tarutyne Raion, Odessa Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, appointed on quote of the Communist Party,[2] and former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Vasyl Tsushko Василь Цушко
Vasyl Tsushko
Minister of Economics
In office March 11, 2010 – December 10, 2010
Preceded by	Bohdan Danylyshyn
Succeeded by	Post dismissed
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
In office December 1, 2006 – December 18, 2007
Preceded by	Yuriy Lutsenko
Succeeded by	Yuriy Lutsenko
Personal details
Born	(1963-02-01) February 1, 1963 Nadrichne, Tarutyne Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Socialist Party of Ukraine[1]
Relations	Son and daughter
Occupation	Politician

From July 2010 to August 2011 he was the party-leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine.[1]

Biography

Vasyl Tsushko was born in the small village of Nadrichne, Odessa Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine); he is of mixed Ukrainian-Moldovan ancestry and is fluent in Romanian language. In 1982, Tsushko finished the Izmail Vocational school of Mechanics and Electronics of Agriculture. From 1983–1985, Tsushko served in the Soviet Army. After completing the army course, he went to study at the economic faculty at the Odessa Agriculture Institute, from which he graduated in 1988.

From 1998–1996, Tsushko was the head of two soviet farms. From 1994–2002, Vasyl Tsushko served as a national deputy of the second, third, and fourth convocations of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). In 2005, he graduated from the National University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the qualification of a lawyer. From May 1997, he was a member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and the first Vice-president of the Committee of Bank and Financing of Ukraine. He was chosen as the head of the Odessa Oblast Government Administration on February 3, 2005.[3]

Tsushko was chosen as the Minister of Internal Affairs on December 1, 2006 after his predecessor Yuriy Lutsenko was dismissed by the parliament. On May 26, 2007, Tsushko suffered from a heart attack and was later hospitalized under critical condition.[4] According to some Internet media, he suffered from an overdose of methylxanthine.[5] After worsening health, he was later flown to a hospital in Germany.[6] Tsushko's friend, Tetyana Montyan, stated that his heart attack was a result of poisoning.[7] The Interfax news agency reports that Vasyl Tsushko's condition deteriorated while in the medical clinic in Germany. On September 30, 2007, Tsushko announced that he would resign as Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, due to the need of his health rehabilitation.[8]

On July 24, 2010 Tsushko took over Socialist party leadership from Oleksandr Moroz[1] but Moroz was re-elected as leader in August 2011.[9]

Tsushko headed the Ukrainian Economy Ministry from March till December 2010 and was appointed as head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on December 14, 2010.[10] He was dismisses from the Antimonopoly Committee by the Verkhovna Rada on 26 March 2014.[11]

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election Tsushko received 0.05% of the vote.[12]

In 2020 Tsushko held the post of deputy chairman of the Socialist Party of Oleksandr Moroz.[13]

Tsushko is married and has a son and daughter. He is interested in historical literature.

References and footnotes

Footnotes

1. Economy minister appointed Socialist Party head, Kyiv Post (July 26, 2010)
2. Socialist leader Moroz rules out a union with the Communists, Kyiv Post (July 24, 2010)
3. (in Russian) The love story of Vasily Tsushko: In the silence kept secrets, Bigmir.net (15 May 2014)
4. "Instead of questioning, Tsushko was sent for medical observation" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-05-29.
5. "Obkom: Tsushko suffered from methylxanthine overdose" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-05-30.
6. "With his worsening condition, Tsushko was sent to Germany" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-05-31.
7. "Ukrainian Interior Minister Tsushko's heart attack caused by poisoning – lawyer". Interfax. 2007-05-31.
8. "Tsushko resigns" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2007-09-30.
9. Oleksandr Moroz elected Chairman of Socialist Party of Ukraine Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, National Radio Company of Ukraine (August 15, 2011)
11. Parliament dismisses Tsushko as Antimonopoly Committee chief at second attempt , Kyiv Post (26 March 2014)
12. "Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote – CEC". Radio Ukraine International. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
    (in Russian) Results election of Ukrainian president, Телеграф (29 May 2014)
13. (in Ukrainian) Tsushko is applying for a position in the Finance Ministry, Ukrayinska Pravda (April 24, 2020)

References

• "Tsushko Vasyl Petrovych" (in Ukrainian). dovidka.com.ua. Retrieved 2007-05-31.

Political offices
Preceded by Yuriy Lutsenko	Minister of Internal Affairs 2006–2007	Succeeded by Yuriy Lutsenko