Volodymyr Lytvyn

Volodymyr Lytvyn
Володимир Литвин
Lytvyn in 2012
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
9 December 2008 – 12 December 2012[1]
Preceded byOleksandr Lavrynovych (acting)
Succeeded byVolodymyr Rybak
In office
28 May 2002[2] – 6 July 2006[3]
Preceded byIvan Plyushch
Succeeded byOleksandr Moroz
Head of Presidential Administration
In office
November 1999 – May 2002
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byMykola Biloblotsky
Succeeded byViktor Medvedchuk
Leader of People's Party
Assumed office
June 2004
People's Deputy of Ukraine
4th convocation
In office
14 May 2002 – 25 May 2006
ConstituencyIndependent, No.1[4]
6th convocation
In office
23 November 2007 – 6 December 2012
ConstituencyPeople's Party, No.1[5]
7th convocation
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
ConstituencyPeople's Party, Zhytomyr Oblast,
District No.65[6]
8th convocation
In office
27 November 2014 – 2019
ConstituencyPeople'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
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyBloc For United Ukraine (2002–2004)
People's Party (2004–)
SpouseTetyana Kostyantynivna (b. 1960)[8][9]
ChildrenOlena (b. 1982)
Ivan (b. 1989)[10]
Alma materKyiv University
Signature
Websitewww.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.

  1. ^ a b Ukraine parliament elects speaker after brawls, Reuters (13 December 2012)
  2. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 10-IV: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on . (Ukrainian)
  3. ^ "Order of Verkhovna Rada on appointment of Chairman" (in Ukrainian).
  4. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  8. ^ "photoservice UNIAN".
  9. ^ (in Ukrainian) Biography People's Party
  10. ^ Rada Elects Volodymyr Lytvyn[permanent dead link], Ukrainian News Agency (December 9, 2008)
  11. ^ [1] [dead link]