Borys Martos | |
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Борис Мартос | |
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| 5thChairman of People's Ministers of Ukraine | |
| In office 9 April 1919 – 27 August 1919 | |
| President | Directorate |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Ostapenko |
| Succeeded by | Isaak Mazepa |
| Minister of Food Provisions | |
| In office 26 December 1918 – 13 February 1919 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Chekhivsky |
| Preceded by | G. Glinka (Ukrainian State) |
| Succeeded by | I. Feschenko-Chopivsky (as Minister of Economy) |
| Secretary of Agrarian Affairs | |
| In office 28 June 1917 – 14 August 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Vynnychenko |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | M. Savchenko-Bilsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1879-05-20)20 May 1879 |
| Died | 19 September 1977(1977-09-19) (aged 98) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | USDRP (1905) |
| Spouse | M. Kucheryavenko |
| Alma mater | Imperial Kharkov University (1908) |
| Occupation | Politician/Activist/Pedagogue |
Borys Mykolayovych Martos (Ukrainian:Борис Миколайович Мартос; 20 May 1879 – 19 September 1977)[1][2] was aUkrainianpolitician,pedagogue, andeconomist who briefly served asChairman of People's Ministers of theUkrainian People's Republic from April to August 1919.
Martos was born inGradizhsk, in thePoltava Governorate of theRussian Empire, into a noble family of theOssorya coat of arms.
Martos graduated fromLubny Classic gymnasium in 1897 and enrolled into the Mathematics Department of theImperial Kharkov University. There Martos became a member of a secretUkrainian student hromada of Kharkov. Here in 1900 he met withSymon Petliura and his future wife M. Kucheryavenko. In the summer of 1900 Martos participated in the First Ukrainian Student Congress inHalychyna.
He was arrested three times for collaboration with theRevolutionary Ukrainian Party. After graduating and until 1917 Martos worked in several different places: a co-ed inVolhynia, a financial director at theBlack Sea-Kuban Railway board, a director of theKuban Cooperative Bank, and a cooperative instructor for thePoltava Governoratezemstvo (1913–1917). In 1917 Martos served on numerous official positions as delegate in theCentral Rada and its Executive Committee (Mala Rada), and theGeneral Secretariat. After the Hetman coup-d'etat worked as a cooperator. During that time Martos was heading the Central Ukrainian Cooperative Committee as its executive director as well working at the board of directors for theDniprosoyuz, giving lectures at theKyiv Commercial Institute, and had established theKyiv Cooperative Institute.
Under theDirectorate of Ukraine, he served as the chairman of theCouncil of People's Ministers of theUkrainian People's Republic from 9 April to 27 August 1919. In 1917-1918 Martos was a member of theCentral Rada and the Secretary of Agrarian Affairs. In 1918 he also was heading the All-Ukrainian Cooperative Committee.
In 1920 Martos emigrated toCzechoslovakia, where he used to teach in the Ukrainian management Academy inPrague. He died on 19 September 1977, and is buried inNew Jersey, United States.[3]
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