Kostiantyn Sytnyk | |
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Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
In office 1980–1985 | |
Preceded by | Mykhailo Bilyi |
Succeeded by | Platon Kostiuk |
Director of the Botanic Institute (NANU) | |
In office 1970–2003 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Oksner |
Succeeded by | Yakiv Didukh |
Personal details | |
Born | Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk 3 June 1926 Luhanske, Luhansk Okruha, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Died | 22 July 2017 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 91)
Political party | Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" |
Other political affiliations | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1982–90) People's Democratic Party (1996–99) |
Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk (Ukrainian: Костянтин Меркурійович Ситник; 3 June 1926 – 22 July 2017) was a Ukrainian and Soviet scientist and academician, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine who in 1970-2003 was director of the Botanic Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Sytnyk also worked as a politician, and served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1980 to 1985.
Sytnyk was born in Luhansk.