Ivan Bokyi (1942 – March 24, 2020) was a Ukrainian journalist and politician who served as a

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of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

between 1998 and 2007. Bokyi was born in Hlobyne,

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

, and graduated from the

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

. Bokyi worked as a journalist prior to his election to the

in 1998 on the party list of the

Socialist Party – Peasant Party Electoral bloc of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and the Peasant Party of Ukraine ( uk, Виборчий блок Соціалістичної партії України та Селянської партії України; ''Vyborchyi blok Sot ...

. He later formally joined the

Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Соціалістична Партія України, translit=Sotsialistychna Partiia Ukrayiny, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest par ...

, and represented the party in the parliament through 2007. Bokyi died on 24 March 2020, aged 78.

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