Vasyl Protyvsikh ( uk, Василь Противсіх) (born Vasyl Vasylyovych Humenyuk, uk, Василь Васильович Гуменюк, born October 16, 1946Він, вона, воно - і проти всіх

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(November 8, 2009)) is a Ukrainian politician. He is best known as a self-nominated candidate in the

2010 Ukrainian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 17 January 2010. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on 7 February. On 14 F ...

, for which he changed his second name to Protyvsikh (ukr. for "

Against all ''Against All'' ( cs, Proti všem) is a 1956 Czechoslovak historical drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is based on the novel '' Proti všem'' by Alois Jirásek. The film's budget was 25 million KČs which made it the most expensive Czech f ...

").CEC registers two more candidates for Ukraine's president

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(November 6, 2009) During the 2010 election he received 0.16% of the votes.

Biography

Vasyliy Humenyuk completed a law degree at the

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

after serving in the

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.Political Pulse: Presidential field takes shape

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(November 11, 2009) As a member of the

Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...

(although he insist he "never was and never will be a

Leninist Leninism is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the establishme ...

") Humenyuk was mayor of

Yaremche Yaremche ( uk, Яре́мче, translit=Jaremče, pl, Jaremcze or Jaremcza) is a city in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of west Ukraine. The city is located at the altitude of around above mean sea level. Yaremche hosts the ...

from 1984 until the first democratic local elections in Ukraine in 1991.Василь Противсіх: колгоспник Лукашенко став президентом, чим я гірший?
, ZAXID.NET (November 6, 2009) Later he headed the customs service in

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

. Humenyuk was numbered number 23 at party list of the

electoral bloc An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ...

KUCHMA Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corrup ...

during 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 ...

. Vasyliy nominated himself for the

. On October 2, 2009 he changed his second name to Protyvsikh, that can be translated as " Against-everyone". Protyvsikh changed his surname to “express the opinions of all those citizens that are against all candidates and the disorder that Ukraine currently finds itself in”. Protyvsikh claims "friends from around the world" assisted him in obtained the UAH 2.5 million deposit needed for his registration as presidential candidate. Protyvsikh considered

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Chamber of Commerce A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to ad ...

. Protyvsikh wants Ukraine to have a banking system as Switzerland.Protyvsikh votes for 'Ukrainian Switzerland'

(January 17, 2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Humenyuk, Vasily 1946 births Living people People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Mayors of places in Ukraine Candidates in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election