Anatoliy Matviyenko | |
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Анатолій Матвієнко | |
 Matviyenko in 2014 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| Constituency | Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No. 32 |
| In office 25 May 2006 – 12 December 2012 | |
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| In office 12 May 1998 – 19 May 2005 | |
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| In office 15 May 1990 – 15 May 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Constituency | Vinnytsia Oblast,Bershad |
| Prime Minister of Crimea | |
| In office 20 April 2005 – 21 September 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Kunitsyn |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Burdiuhov |
| Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast | |
| In office 18 June 1996 – 12 May 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Mykola Melnyk |
| Succeeded by | Mykola Chumak |
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| Born | (1953-03-22)22 March 1953 Bershad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 22 May 2020(2020-05-22) (aged 67) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Political party | Petro Poroshehnko Bloc (until 2019) |
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Anatoliy Serhiyovych Matviyenko (Ukrainian:Анатолій Сергійович Матвієнко, 22 March 1953 – 22 May 2020) was a Ukrainian politician who was aPeople's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2019. During his political career, Matviyenko founded several political parties.[1]
Matviyenko was born on 22 March 1953, inBershad, Vinnytsia Oblast, to a working-class family. In 1975, he graduated from the Lviv Agrarian Institute, Agrarian Mechanization faculty. Between 1975 and 1977 Matviyenko worked as a mechanic in Bershad. From 1977 he was an activist ofKomsomol (LKSMU) and by 1985 became a secretary of the Central Committee of LKSMU. In 1989–91 Matviyenko became the first secretary of the Ukrainian Komsomol and became a member of theCommunist Party of Ukraine.[2]
As the first secretary of the Central Committee of LKSMU, in the1990 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election Matviyenko was elected to theSupreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, representing Bershad.[2] In 1990 he supported the election ofVladimir Ivashko aschairman of the Verkhovna Rada.[3]
Matviyenko wasGovernor of Vinnytsia Oblast between 1996 and 1998. In February 1996 Matviyenko became a member and leader of the newPeople's Democratic Party.[2]
Matviyenko returned to the Verkhovna Rada in the1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election for the People's Democratic Party. He also was the party's faction leader. But Matviyenko left this party after accusing the party of being forced into supportingLeonid Kuchma in the1999 Ukrainian presidential election. In December 1999 Matviyenko was one of the founders and first leader of theUkrainian Republican Party "Sobor". In February 2001 he joined the council of the anti-KuchmaNational Salvation Committee.[2]
In the2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Matviyenko was elected for theYulia Tymoshenko Bloc, he was placed second on its election list afterYulia Tymoshenko. From 20 April 2005 to 21 September 2005 Matviyenko wasPrime Minister of Crimea. In September 2005 he resigned from the post in protest against the fact that his party members did not support the candidacy ofYuriy Yekhanurov for the post ofPrime Minister of Ukraine.[2]
Matviyenko briefly worked for theSecretariat of the President of Ukraine (at the timeViktor Yushchenko) early 2006. In the2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected again to the Verkhovna Rada for theOur Ukraine Bloc (number 12 on its electoral list). He was reelected in the2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election for theOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (number 22 on the list).[2]
Matviyenko was registered as an independent candidate in his native Vinnytsia Oblast during the2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, but withdrew his candidacy in favour ofHryhoriy Zabolotny ofUDAR who gained a seat with 46.73% of the vote.[2]
In the2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Matviyenko was again elected to the Verkhovna Rada after placing 32nd on the electoral list ofPetro Poroshenko Bloc.[4][5] In October 2016 it was reported that he had declared ownership of a private church.[6]
Matviyenko died on 22 May 2020, at the age of 67.[7]
Matviyenko was married to Olha, and had two sons Viktor and Pavlo.[2]
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| Preceded by | Leader ofLKSMU 1989–1991 | Succeeded by position liquidated |
| Preceded by position created | Leader ofToiling Congress of Ukraine 1993–1996 | Succeeded by position liquidated |
| Preceded by position created | Leader ofPeople's Democratic Party 1996–1999 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by position created | Leader ofUkrainian Platform "Sobor" 1999–2011 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Crimea 2005 | Succeeded by |