Mykhailo Mykolayovych Papiyev ( uk, Михайло Миколайович Папієв; born 1 October 1960) is a Ukrainian engineer and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 2014, previously holding the position in 2002. He is also a former Minister of Labour and Social Policy, serving from 2002 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2007. In 1990-1997 he worked as a director for various science and production companies. Papiyev has a degree in physics from the Chernivtsi State University and a PhD in economics. In 2002-2003 Papiyev was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing the

Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) ( uk, Соцiал-демократична партія України (об'єднана); СДПУ(о)), is a Ukrainian political party that was originally established as the Social Democratic P ...

. In 2002-2005 he served as a Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine. After failing to become elected to Verkhovna Rada in the

2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

with

Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak" The Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak", (; ) is a former pro-Russian political alliance in Ukraine. One of the leaders of the alliance was Viktor Medvedchuk. Background The coalition formed in the Ukrainian parliament at the beginning of 2004 with the ...

, in 2006-2007 Papiyev served again as Minister of Labor and Social Policy. In from the

2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna ...

until 2010 he again became a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...

. In 2010-2014 Papiyev served as a

Governor of Chernivtsi Oblast The Governor of Chernivtsi Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Chernivtsi Oblast. The office of Governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prime Minist ...

.Small biography on Papiiev Mykhailo Mykolaiovych
Civil movement "Chesno" In the

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 26 October 2014 to elect members of the Verkhovna Rada. President Petro Poroshenko had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential elections in May.

he again was reelected to Verkhovna Rada as a member of

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. In the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, the elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parliament on 21 May 2019, d ...

he again was reelected to Verkhovna Rada as a member of Opposition Platform — For Life.

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