Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak

Volodymyr Rybak (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Рибáк; born on 3 October 1946 in Donetsk[7][8] 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).

For the victim of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, see Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybak.
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak
9th Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada[1]
In office
December 13, 2012[1] – February 22, 2014
PresidentViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byVolodymyr Lytvyn
Succeeded byOleksandr Turchynov
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
for Construction, Architecture and Communal Living
In office
August 4, 2006 – March 21, 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byPavlo Kachur (as minister of Construction, Architecture, and Communal Living)
Succeeded byVolodymyr Yatsuba (as minister of Regional Development and Construction)
Oleksandr Popov (as minister of Communal Living)
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
March 21, 2007 – December 18, 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Leader of Party of Regional Revival
of Ukraine
In office
October 1997 – 2001
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byMykola Azarov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
3rd convocation
In office
May 12, 1998[2] – May 14, 2002[2]
ConstituencyParty of Regional Revival of Ukraine, District No.45, Donetsk Oblast[2]
4th convocation
In office
May 14, 2002[3] – May 25, 2006[3]
ConstituencyParty of Regions, District No.45, Donetsk Oblast[3]
5th convocation
In office
May 25, 2006[3] – September 12, 2006[3]
ConstituencyParty of Regions, No.13[4]
6th convocation
In office
November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012
ConstituencyParty of Regions, No.13[5]
7th convocation
In office
December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014
ConstituencyParty of Regions, No.10[6]
Personal details
Born
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak
Володимир Васильович Рибак

(1946-10-03) October 3, 1946
Stalino, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyParty of Regions[1]
Alma materDonetsk State University
OccupationPolitician and doctor of economic science
Websiteiportal.rada.gov.ua

Biography

Born in the same city, Rybak graduated from the Department of Economy at the Donetsk State University in 1973, eventually receiving a doctor of economic sciences.[7][8] He served as chairman of the city council, executive committee and mayor of Donetsk from 1993 to 2002.[8] Rybak was co-organizer and first chairman of the Party of Regions between 1997 and 2001.[8][9] Since the 2002 parliamentary elections Rybak is a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).[8]

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.[7]

On 13 December 2012 (following the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election) he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.[1][8] He resigned on 22 February 2014.[10] Citing ill health and amidst the "2014 Ukrainian revolution".[11][10]

Rybak did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[12]

References
  1. "Ukraine parliament elects speaker after brawls". Reuters. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. Rybak at the 3rd convocation. Verkhovna Rada website
  3. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  7. "Regions Party member Rybak elected as Verkhovna Rada Chairman". Interfax-Ukraine. Kyiv Post. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  8. Svitlana Tuchynska (13 December 2012). "Party of Regions gets a speaker seat in parliament". Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  9. Natalia Romashova (7 February 2007). Ілюзорна ідилія. Den (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  10. Interfax: Ukraine's Yanukovych Says He Will Not Resign , Voice of America (22 February 2014)
  11. Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president, BBC News (23 February 2014)
    Ukraine protests timeline, BBC News (23 February 2014)
  12. (in Ukrainian) Alphabetical Index of candidates in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine.
Political offices
Preceded by
Volodymyr Lytvyn		 Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
2012–2014		 Succeeded by
Oleksandr Turchynov
Preceded by
Yukhym Zvyahilsky		 Mayor of Donetsk
1993–2002		 Succeeded by
Oleksandr Lukyanchenko


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