Anatoliy Blyznyuk

Anatoliy Blyznyuk
Анатолій Близнюк
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services
In office
12 July 2011 – 3 December 2012
Preceded byViktor Tykhonov
Succeeded byHennadiy Temnyk
Governor of Donetsk Oblast
In office
18 March 2010 – 12 July 2011
Preceded byVolodymyr Lohvynenko
Succeeded byAndriy Shishatskyi
In office
23 November 2002 – 21 January 2005
Preceded byViktor Yanukovych
Succeeded byVadym Chuprun
Head of the Donetsk Oblast Council
In office
26 April 2006 – 15 April 2010
Preceded byBorys Kolesnikov
Succeeded byAndriy Shishatskyi
Personal details
Born
Anatoliy Mykhailovych Blyznyuk

(1948-11-24) 24 November 1948 (age 76)
Kramatorsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyParty of Regions

Anatoliy Mykhailovych Blyznyuk (Ukrainian: Анатолій Михайлович Близнюк; born on 24 November 1948) is a Ukrainian politician who last served as a member of the parliamentary faction of the Party of Regions in the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine) of the 7th convocation (2012—2014).

Blyznyuk was also the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services, serving from 2011 to 2012.[1] Blyznyuk served as Governor of Donetsk Oblast twice, first from 2002 to 2005 and from 2010 to 2011.

He also served as the head of the Donetsk Oblast Council from 2006 to 2010.

  1. ^ "Про звільнення А. Близнюка з посади Міністра регіонального розвитку, будівництва та житлово-комунального господарства України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 December 2022.