Anatoliy Romanovych Franchuk ( uk, Анатолій Романович Франчук; 8 September 1935 – 7 July 2021) was a Ukrainian politician.
Biography
Franchuk graduated from the
Krasnoyarsk State Technical University
Krasnoyarsk State Technical University (KSTU) (russian: Красноярский государственный технический университет) is a public university in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, existed in 1956–2006.Кра ...
in 1961 and the
Academy of National Economy in 1980. After serving in the
Soviet Army and holding various engineering jobs within the USSR, he became Minister of Economy of the
Republic of Crimea from 1991 to 1993. In 1994 the
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, a family friend, appointed him as
Prime Minister of Crimea
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea is the head of government of the Republic of Crimea (previously the Autonomous Republic of Crimea located in the southern region of Ukraine).
Until 2014, the Prime Minister, wh ...
against the elected separatist
President of Crimea,
Yuriy Meshkov. He eventually exercised power in Crimea in 1995 after the
Ukrainian National Guard forcibly expelled Meshkov from Crimea. He served until 1996 and again served from 1997 to 1998.
As a member of the
Revival party, he served in the
Verkhovna Rada from 1995 to 2006. Notably, his son, , was married to
Olena Pinchuk
Olena Kuchma Pinchuk ( uk, Олена Леонідівна Пінчук, Olena Leonidivna Pinchuk; born December 3, 1970; often written in the Russian form Елена Пинчук, Elena Pinchuk) is the daughter of Ukrainian second president Leon ...
, the daughter of former
President Leonid Kuchma.
Anatoliy Franchuk died on 7 July 2021 at the age of 85.
Awards
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Order of Lenin
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Order of the October Revolution
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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USSR State Prize
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References
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1935 births
2021 deaths
Prime Ministers of Crimea
Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Revival (Ukraine) politicians
People from Vinnytsia Oblast
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration alumni
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the USSR State Prize