Vasyl Onopenko ( uk, Василь Васильович Онопенко; born 10 April 1949) is a Ukrainian judge, and politician. Onopenko is from

Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast ( uk, Ві́нницька о́бласть, translit=Vinnytska oblast; ; also referred to as Vinnychchyna — uk, Ві́нниччина) is an oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. ...

. He graduated the Kharkiv Law Institute in 1975 and later a candidate dissertation in 1994. In 1976-1981 Onopenko was a judge of the

Lityn Raion Lityn Raion ( uk, Літинський район) was one of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Lityn. The raion was abolished and its territory was ...

court, later in the

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

court. In 1985-1991 he was a judge of the

Supreme Court of Ukraine The Supreme Court of Ukraine ( uk, Верховний Суд України, ) is the highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction in Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europ ...

. In 1992 he was appointed a

Minister of Justice of Ukraine The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as "Мinjust" f Ukraine I ...

(

Kuchma government The Kuchma Government was created after the Ukrainian parliament had ousted the previous Cabinet of Vitold Fokin on 1 October 1992; it contained some of the ministers of its predecessor. On13 December 1992, 316 deputies voted for the appoin ...

, Second Masol government). At the post in 1994 Onopenko created own political party, the Party of Human Rights. Sometime in 1995 his party was united with Social Democratic Party of Ukraine and Ukrainian Party of Justice into

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 ...

. He was elected the chairman of the newly created political party. Due to inadequate investigation of events of July 1995 (related to burial of

Volodymyr (Romaniuk) Volodymyr (secular name Vasyl Omelianovych Romaniuk, uk, Василь Омелянович Романюк; December 10, 1925, Kosiv Raion, Khymchyn – July 14, 1995, Kyiv) was the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate ...

), in August 1995 Onopenko resigned. Soon after being elected to

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 ...

at the 1998 parliamentary elections, Onopenko was excluded from SDPU(u) and created yet another party the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party joining the "Independents" group in parliament and then "

Batkivshchyna The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Peo ...

". In 1999 presidential elections he ran for the

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

post. During the 2002 parliamentary elections Onopenko returned to parliament on the party list from

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...

being #4 on the list. Soon after being elected, for a short time he was unaffiliated, but then rejoined the parliamentary faction. For the 2006 parliamentary elections he again ran on the party list from

BYuT The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...

listed #4. Later Onopenko resigned as a parliamentary (

People's Deputy of Ukraine People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights ma ...

) after being elected to chairman of the

. At the end of 2006 his son-in-law replaced him as a leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. Onopenko quit the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party after

Nataliya Korolevska Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska ( uk, Наталія Юріївна Королевська) (born 18 May 1975 in Krasnyi Luch

changed it to

Ukraine – Forward! Ukraine – Forward! ( uk, Україна – Вперед!, ''Ukrajina – Vpered!'', Russian language, Russian: Украина – Вперед!) is a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Ukraine. From its registration in Dec ...

in 2012. In 2012 parliamentary elections Onopenko ran as unaffiliated and unsuccessful.14th electoral district

Central Election Commission of Ukraine The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...

. 2012

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