Yuriy Kostenko
| Yuriy Kostenko Юрій Іванович Костенко | |
|---|---|
 December 2009 | |
| 2nd Minister of Natural Environment Protection | |
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In office 13 October 1992 – May 1998 | |
| Prime Minister |
Leonid Kuchma Vitaliy Masol Yevhen Marchuk Pavlo Lazarenko Valeriy Pustovoitenko |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Shcherbak |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Shevchuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1951 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Other political affiliations | People's Movement of Ukraine (1989–1999) |
| Alma mater | Zaporizhzhya Machine-building Institute |
Yuriy Kostenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Костенко; born 6 December 1951[1] in Nova Obodivka, Vinnytsia Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician and leader of the Ukrainian People's Party.[2]
Biography
Kostenko holds a Ph.D from the Zaporizhia Institute of Machine-building. In 1989, he became one of the founders of Rukh and has been a Member of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) since 1990 (except in 2006).[3][4] In 2002 as a member of Our Ukraine.[5] From 1992 to 1998 he served as the minister of environmental protection.[3] Kostenko was a candidate at the Ukrainian presidential election, 1999 where he received 2.17% of votes.[2] Kostenko was involved in Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament, which he later regretted, and in dealing with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster.[6]
Before the parliamentary elections in 2006 Kostenko initiated the creation of a coalition known as Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch who has acquired 1.9% of the vote and did not exceed the 3% threshold of the election.
In July 2007 Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch joined together the block Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and both got re-elected as MP. Unlike many allies of Yushchenko, Kostenko did not defected from the Our Ukraine grouping in parliament.[6]
Kostenko was a candidate in the 2010 presidential election, his party program included recognizing Ukrainian Insurgent Army veterans,[6] during the election he received 0,22% of the votes.[7]
Kostenko's Ukrainian People's Party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party Our Ukraine in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists; this list won 1.11% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[8][9] Kostenko was second the election list of Our Ukraine.[10] He did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]
References
- ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=22514
- 1 2 Ukrainian People’s Party nominates its leader Kostenko for president Archived October 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine., Interfax-Ukraine (24 October 2009)
- 1 2 http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/bios/democracy/bios_kostenko.html
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
- ↑ http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/site/dep_eng/Kostenko_Y.HTM[]
- 1 2 3 Kostenko will pick up votes in west, but not in other regions, Kyiv Post (14 January 2010)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) ЦВК оприлюднила офіційні результати 1-го туру виборів, Gazeta.ua (25 January 2010)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Proportional votes Archived October 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. & Constituency seats Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ↑
- ↑ (Ukrainian) "Наша Україна" хоче бути альтернативою усім учасникам виборів "Our Ukraine" wants to be an alternative to all election participants , BBC Ukrainian (31 July 2012)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Alphabetical Index of candidates in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission (Ukraine).
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| Preceded by |
Leader of Ukrainian People's Party 1999–2013 |
Succeeded by Oleksandr Klymenko |