Vasyl Heorhiyovych Dzharty ( uk, Василь Георгійович Джарти; 3 June 1958 – 17 August 2011) was a Ukrainian politician who served 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 ...

from 17 March 2010 until his death in August 2011.

Early life and career

Dzharty was born in 1958, in Rozdolne, a village in the Starobesheve district of Donetsk Oblast in what was then the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. His father was a miner. He completed his studies at Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. He then obtained a

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from

Donetsk National Technical University Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU, formerly Donetsk Polytechnic Institute and other names) is the biggest and oldest higher education establishment in Donbas, founded in 1921. In its early years, it was attended by Nikita Khrushchev. ...

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Political career

Dzharty served as the Donetsk Oblast's first deputy governor. He then became Mayor of

Makiivka Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...

, a city in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. He was elected to 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 ...

, Ukraine's national parliament, serving during its fifth and sixth sessions as a member of 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 U ...

. From 2006 to 2007, Dzharty served as Ukraine's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources.

Prime Minister of Crimea

Dzharty became the

on 17 March 2010, succeeding outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Plakida. The Speaker of the

Supreme Council of Crimea Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ( uk, Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, Verkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubl ...

, Volodymyr Konstantinov, had nominated Dzharty, a member of the

, as Crimea's next prime minister and chairman of the council of ministers. As required by the Ukrainian Constitution, the

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Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...

, had to personally approve of Dzharty's nomination, which he did. The

, which acts as Crimea's parliament, overwhelmingly approved Dzharty's nomination on March 17, 2011. 82 out of the 89 members of the Crimean parliament voted in favor of Dzharty's appointment as Prime Minister. Dzharty simultaneously served as chairman of the Crimean branch of the Party of Regions. Dzharty was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010. He sought treatment for the disease in

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and

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. Dzharty died from lung cancer in

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on August 17, 2011, at the age of 53. He was interred at Kozatske cemetery in the city of

, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on August 18, 2011. A memorial service was also held in

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...

. On November 7, 2011 President

appointed Anatolii Mohyliov as his successor as Prime Minister of Crimea.Yanukovych appoints Mohyliov to Crimean post

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(7 November 2011)

Accusations of criminal activity

According to the Minister of Internal Affairs

Yuriy Lutsenko Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko ( uk, Юрій Віталійович Луценко; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician whose most recent post was Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 12 May 2016 baseball bat A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than in diameter at the thickest part and no more than in length. Although histor ...

in racketeering.

References

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