Volodymyr Lytvyn

Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn (Ukrainian: Володимир Михайлович Литвин, IPA:; born 28 April 1956) is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko in an expanded capacity and stayed Chairman until December 2012. From 1994 to 1999, Lytvyn was an aide to President Leonid Kuchma and, later, the head of his Presidential Office.