Yuriy Zbitnyev
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Yuriy Zbitnyev | |
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Юрій Збітнєв | |
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| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 15 May 1990 – 10 May 1994 | |
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| Born | Yuriy Ivanovych Zbitnyev 25 October 1963 |
| Party | Independent |
Yuriy Ivanovych Zbitnyev (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Збітнєв; born 25 October 1963 in Smila[1]) is a Ukrainian polticitian who was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the "New Power" Party. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994.
Background
[edit]Zbitnyev was born on 25 October 1963 in Smila, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[2] In 1986, he graduated from the Ivano‑Frankivsk Medical Institute as an anesthesiologst-resuscitator.[2]
Zbitnyev was a founding member of the "Young Ukraine" party[1] in 1999 and is a member of the coordinating board of public non-governmental organization "Union of tax payers of Ukraine". In 2000, he founded a Ukraine-wide association of manufacturers of infusion solutions, which includes 14 enterprises. In 1999 he created a company "Gramed", which manufactured pharmaceutical medications.
Political career
[edit]During the 1990 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for district no. 4 (in Kyiv), during which time he served as a Deputy Chair of the Youth Affairs Commission.[2] He was initially a member of the SDPU from 1991, even becoming Head of the SDPU Council in 1994, but in 1995 split off from the SDPU after his parliamentary term ended in 1994.[2] From 1995 to 1996 he was first vice-chair of the central board of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), a breakaway faction of the SDPU.[2] During this time, he served as an adviser to the Prime Minister Vitaliy Masol, and as head of the Mortgage Lending Commission under the President.[2] From 1997 to 2000, in addition, he was vice-president of the Ukrainian Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Association.[2] He attempted to run again for parliamentary during the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election for district 117 (in Lviv Oblast), but he withdrew early in favor of a Reforms and Order Party candidate.[2]
He ran in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election as a non-partisan candidate, although ideologically aligned with social democracy, after being nominated by the "New Power" party.[3] During the election, he was an advocate for "Ukrainian solidarism", restoring the nuclear status of Ukraine, holding a referenedum on joining NATO, supported the proposal to reduce the number of administrative divisions of Ukraine (oblasts) from 24 to 9 "krai", and for the death penalty.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He is a strong supporter of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate.[3] He is married to Svitlana, an ophthalmologist, and together they have a daughter Olha born in 1989.[3]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website (in Ukrainian)