Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada^[1]In office
December 13, 2012^[1] – February 22, 2014Preceded byVolodymyr LytvynSucceeded byOleksandr TurchynovDeputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
for Construction, Architecture and Communal Living In office
August 4, 2006 – March 21, 2007Prime MinisterViktor YanukovychPreceded byPavlo Kachur (as minister of Construction, Architecture, and Communal Living)Succeeded byVolodymyr Yatsuba (as minister of Regional Development and Construction)
Oleksandr Popov (as minister of Communal Living)Deputy Prime Minister of UkraineIn office
March 21, 2007 – December 18, 2007Prime MinisterViktor YanukovychLeader of Party of Regional Revival
of UkraineIn office
October 1997 – 2001Preceded byposition createdSucceeded byMykola AzarovPeople's Deputy of Ukraine3rd convocationIn office
May 12, 1998^[2] – May 14, 2002^[2]ConstituencyParty of Regional Revival of Ukraine, District No.45, Donetsk Oblast^[2]4th convocationIn office
May 14, 2002^[3] – May 25, 2006^[3]ConstituencyParty of Regions, District No.45, Donetsk Oblast^[3]5th convocationIn office
May 25, 2006^[3] – September 12, 2006^[3]ConstituencyParty of Regions, No.13^[4]6th convocationIn office
November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012ConstituencyParty of Regions, No.13^[5]7th convocationIn office
December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014ConstituencyParty of Regions, No.10^[6] Personal detailsBorn
(1946-10-03) October 3, 1946 (age 77)
Stalino, Ukrainian SSRNationalityUkrainianPolitical partyParty of Regions^[1]Alma materDonetsk State UniversityOccupationPolitician and doctor of economic scienceWebsiteiportal.rada.gov.ua

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Рибак; born 3 October 1946)^[7][8] is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 13 December 2012^[1] to 22 February 2014. Volodymyr Rybak is also the original leader of the predecessor of the Party of Regions, the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. He is a Merited Builder of Ukraine (1995).

Biography

Born in Stalino (now Donetsk), Rybak graduated from the Department of Economy at Donetsk State University in 1973, eventually receiving a doctorate in economics.^[7][8] He served as chairman of the city council, executive committee and mayor of Donetsk from 1993 to 2002.^[8] Rybak was co-organizer and first chairman of the Party of Regions between 1997 and 2001.^[8][9] In the 2002 parliamentary elections Rybak was elected into the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), he was reelected in the 2006, 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2012 parliamentary election.^[8] In 2012 he was placed tenth on the national party list of Party of Regions.^[10]

Rybak was Vice Premier of Ukraine and Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utility minister (August 4, 2006 till March 21, 2007) and Vice Premier of Ukraine (March 21, 2007 till December 18, 2007) in the Second Yanukovych Government.^[7]

On 13 December 2012 (following the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election) he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.^[1][8] He resigned on 22 February 2014^[11] citing ill health and amidst the "2014 Ukrainian revolution".^[12][11]

Rybak did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election,^[13] nor in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.^[10]

See also

• List of mayors of Donetsk

References

External links

• Media related to Volodymyr Rybak (politician) at Wikimedia Commons
• Rybak on Party of Region's official website

Political offices
Preceded by Volodymyr Lytvyn	Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada 2012–2014	Succeeded by Oleksandr Turchynov
Preceded by Yukhym Zvyahilsky	Mayor of Donetsk 1993–2002	Succeeded by Oleksandr Lukyanchenko