Mykola Tomenko

Mykola Tomenko
Микола Томенко
Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on ecological policy
of the 8th convocation
In office
December 4, 2014[1] – March 25, 2016
Preceded byIryna Sekh
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
of the 6th convocation
In office
September 2, 2008 – December 12, 2012
Preceded byMykola Tomenko
Succeeded byRuslan Koshulynskyi
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
of the 5th convocation
In office
February 8, 2007 – June 14, 2007
Preceded byOleksandr Zinchenko
Succeeded byMykola Tomenko
Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine
on humanitarian policy
In office
February 4, 2005 – September 8, 2005
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byDmytro Tabachnyk
Succeeded byVyacheslav Kyrylenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
4th convocation
In office
May 14, 2002 – March 3, 2005
ConstituencyOur Ukraine Bloc, No.62[2]
5th convocation
In office
May 25, 2006 – June 14, 2007
ConstituencyYulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.3[3]
6th convocation
In office
November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012
ConstituencyYulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.3[4]
7th convocation
In office
December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014
ConstituencyFatherland (until April 2, 2014), No.10[5]
8th convocation
In office
November 27, 2014 – March 25, 2016[6]
ConstituencyPetro Poroshenko Bloc, No.8[7]
Personal details
Born (1964-12-11) December 11, 1964 (age 59)
Mali Kanivtsi, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Political partyPetro Poroshenko Bloc
Other political
affiliations		Our Ukraine Bloc (2002-05)
Y. Tymoshenko Bloc (2005-14)
SpouseValentyna
ChildrenPavlo (b. 1989)
Websitewww.tomenko.kiev.ua

Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Томенко; born December 11, 1964) is a Ukrainian politician. He has been a member of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 until 2016.[6] In 2014, Tomenko became a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, which elected him to the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on its party lists during the 2014 parliamentary election.[8] On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc removed Tomenko's parliamentary mandate using the Imperative mandate provisions of the Ukrainian constitution.[6] This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.[6]

Tomenko is a centre-right politician, previously a member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. He was also one of the leaders and most notable speakers of the Orange Revolution. In 2005, Tomenko served as Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Yulia Tymoshenko (coordinating humanitarian policy). In the Verkhovna Rada, he also served as the Chairman of the Freedom of Speech and Mass Media Committee and twice as the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (during the 6th and 7th convocations).[9] Tomenko tendered his resignation as deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada on 4 July 2012 as a sign of protest against the way legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed on 3 July 2012.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ "Committee on issues of ecological policy, natural resources, and the elimination of the consequences of the Chornobyl Catastrophe". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d (in Russian) Tomenko lost the court of its mandate and will complain to Europe, Ukrayinska Pravda (28 July 2016)
    BPP Congress moves to terminate powers of MPs Tomenko, Firsov, UNIAN (25 March 2016)
    "People's deputy of Ukraine VIII convocation Mykola Tomenko". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ General official results of Rada election, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014)
    Central Election Commission announces official results of Rada election on party tickets, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014)
  9. ^ Opposition party demands inquiry into Constitutional Court's Oct. 1 ruling, Kyiv Post (October 5, 2010)
  10. ^ Ukrainians protest against Russian language law, The Guardian (4 July 2012)
  11. ^ Lytvyn:Language bill would have suited if all amendments had been accepted, Kyiv Post (4 July 2012)
  12. ^ Tomenko resigns from post of deputy Verkhovna Rada chairman, Kyiv Post (4 July 2012)