Volodymyr Vasyl'ovych Rybak ( uk, Володимир Васильович Рибáк; born 3 October 1946) is a
Ukrainian
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politician. He was the
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
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from 13 December 2012 to 22 February 2014. Volodymyr Rybak is also the original leader of the predecessor of the
Party of Regions
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Born in the same city, Rybak graduated from the Department of Economy at the Donetsk State University in 1973, eventually receiving a doctor of economic sciences. He served as chairman of the city council, executive committee and mayor of
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loca ...
from 1993 to 2002. Rybak was co-organizer and first chairman of the
Party of Regions
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Verkhovna Rada
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(Ukrainian parliament), he was reelected in the 2006,
2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Second Yanukovych Government
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.
On 13 December 2012 (following the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
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. He resigned on 22 February 2014. Citing ill health and amidst the " 2014 Ukrainian revolution".Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president
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'' (22 February 2014)
Rybak did not participate in the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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See also
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List of mayors of Donetsk
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.
Mayors
* Zuzulya Pavlo Omelyanovich (Зузуля Павло Омеля ...