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Oleksandr Tkachenko (politician)

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolaiovych and the family name is Tkachenko.
Not to be confused with Oleksandr Tkachenko (politician, born 1984).

Oleksandr Tkachenko
Олександр Ткаченко
4th Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
7 July 1998 – 21 January 2000
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byOleksandr Moroz
Succeeded byIvan Plyushch
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
10 May 1994 – 12 December 2012
ConstituencyCherkasy Oblast, No. 430 (1994–1998)[1]
Cherkasy Oblast, No. 195 (1998–2002)[2]
Communist Party of Ukraine, No. 8 (2002–2006, 2007–2012)[3][4]
Communist Party of Ukraine, No. 9 (2006–2007)[5]
Personal details
Born(1939-03-07)7 March 1939
Shpola, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died4 January 2024(2024-01-04) (aged 84)
Political party

Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Tkachenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Ткаченко; 7 March 1939 – 4 January 2024[6]) was a Ukrainian politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1994 to 2012, variously representing the Peasant Party of Ukraine and the Communist Party of Ukraine. Between 7 July 1998 and 21 January 2000, Tkachenko was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Awarded with the robe of Prince Yaroslav the Wise.

Biography

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Tkachenko was born on 7 March 1939, in Shpola, Kiev Oblast to a peasant family.[7] In 1963, he graduated from the Bila Tserkva Agriculture Institute.[8] Between 1963 and 1981, he worked in Tarashcha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, first as an agronomist and later as a local Communist Party leader. In 1981, he became an inspector of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In 1982, he was appointed Governor of Ternopil Oblast, and in 1985, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

In 1991 and 1999, he was a candidate in the elections for President of Ukraine. On both occasions he withdrew his candidacy, in favour of Leonid Kravchuk in 1991 and Petro Symonenko in 1999.

Tkachenko was a member of the 11th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, and in 1994 was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) for the first of five consecutive terms. Between May 1994 and April 1998 he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament,[9][10] and was Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 7 July 1998 to 21 January 2000, when was dismissed for violating parliamentary session regulations.

He died on 4 January 2024,[6] and was scheduled to be buried at Baikove Cemetery next to his wife.[11] The prior 10 years to his death he had been ill and confined to a wheelchair.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Помер колишній голова Верховної Ради Олександр Ткаченко". NV (in Ukrainian). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. ^ Zushchyk, I︠U︡riĭ Mykolaĭovych; Kryvoshei︠e︡nko, Oleksandr Vasylʹovych (1999). Фігури--політичне лідерство в сучасній Україні (in Ukrainian). Альтерпрес. p. 202. ISBN 978-966-542-176-4. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. ^ Тодыка, Юрий Николаевич (1998). Парламент України--вибори-98: інформаційно-аналітичне видання (in Ukrainian). T︠S︡entralʹna vyborcha komisii︠a︡. p. 589. ISBN 978-966-95532-2-5. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Про обрання Першого заступника Голови Верховної Ради України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  10. ^ "ТКАЧЕНКО ОЛЕКСАНДР МИКОЛАЙОВИЧ". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Помер колишній голова Верховної Ради Олександр Ткаченко". Lenta. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Помер ексспікер Ткаченко: останній оплот комунізму на чолі Верховної Ради". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of Verkhovna Rada
1998–2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
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 Minister of Rural Economy
1991–1992 		Succeeded by
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 State Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Supply
1991–1991 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by First Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers
1990–? 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Minister of Agriculture
1985–1989 		Succeeded by
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