Volodymyr Lytvyn

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Volodymyr Lytvyn
Володимир Литвин
Lytvyn in 2012
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office 9 December 2008 – 12 December 2012[1]
Preceded by	Oleksandr Lavrynovych (acting)
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Rybak
In office 28 May 2002[2] – 6 July 2006[3]
Preceded by	Ivan Plyushch
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Moroz
Head of Presidential Administration
In office November 1999 – May 2002
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Mykola Biloblotsky
Succeeded by	Viktor Medvedchuk
Leader of People's Party
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2004
People's Deputy of Ukraine
4th convocation
In office 14 May 2002 – 25 May 2006
Constituency	Independent, No.1[4]
6th convocation
In office 23 November 2007 – 6 December 2012
Constituency	People's Party, No.1[5]
7th convocation
In office 12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
Constituency	People's Party, Zhytomyr Oblast, District No.65[6]
8th convocation
In office 27 November 2014 – 2019
Constituency	People's Party, Zhytomyr Oblast, District No.65[7]
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-28) April 28, 1956 (age 68) Sloboda-Romanivska, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Nationality	Ukrainian
Political party	Bloc For United Ukraine (2002–2004) People's Party (2004–)
Spouse	Tetyana Kostyantynivna (b. 1960)[8][9]
Children	Olena (b. 1982) Ivan (b. 1989)[10]
Alma mater	Kyiv University
Signature
Website	www.lytvyn-v.org.ua

Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Миха́йлович Литви́н, IPA: [woloˈdɪmɪr mɪˈxɑjlowɪtʃ lɪtˈwɪn]; born April 28, 1956) is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko in an expanded capacity and stayed Chairman until December 2012.^[1][11] From 1994 to 1999, Lytvyn was the aide to President Leonid Kuchma and, later, the head of his office.