Andriy Stryzhak | |
|---|---|
Андрій Стрижак | |
| Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine | |
| In office 10 July 2007 – 12 July 2010 | |
| President | Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Valeriy Pshenychnyi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Holovin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1947[1] Dubrivka, Uzhhorod Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv Law Institute (1967-71) Verkhovna Rada Institute of Legislation (2005) |
| Occupation | Jurist, judge, investigator |
Andriy Stryzhak (Ukrainian: Андрій Андрійович Стрижак; born 21 November 1947) is a Ukrainian lawyer, judge, investigator and former chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
Stryzhak is from Zakarpattia Oblast. His working career he started at the Uzhhorod Autotransportation Company as a technician.[1] After his obligatory military service, Stryzhak enrolled to the Kharkiv Law Institute.[1] He graduated Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv Law Institute) in 1971 and after half a year working as an investigator of the Ivanivka Raion persecution office (Odessa Oblast) until 1974 Stryzhak worked in the Uzhhorod city persecutor office.[1] In 1974 to 1978 Stryzhak worked in the Zakarpattia Oblast persecutor office.[1]
In 1978-1988 and 1996-2006 he was a judge of the Zakarpattia Oblast court, heading the court in 1996–2006.[1] In 1988 to 1996 Stryzhak was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, heading judicial college on criminal matters.[1] In 2006-2010 he was a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, chairing it since 2007.[1] In 2010 at the presidential inauguration Stryzhak was administering an oath from the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.[1][2] In 2010 he was relieved of his duties by reaching the age of retirement.[1]
During his term as a judge of the Constitutional Court, Stryzhak's son Andriy (junior) was a deputy at the Zakarpattia Oblast regional council.[2] Andriy (junior) was also involved in a car crash in Uzhhorod when he destroyed the Kakha Kaladze's Lamborghini in 2009.[2]