Ivan Plyushch

Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch (Ukrainian: Іван Степанович Плющ; September 11, 1941 – June 25, 2014) was a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), from July 9 to July 23, 1990 (acting), from December 5, 1991, to May 11, 1994, and from February 1, 2000, to May 14, 2002.

Ivan Plyushch
Secretary of the Security and Defense Council
In office
May 12, 2007  November 26, 2007
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byVitaliy Haiduk
Succeeded byRaisa Bohatyryova
1st and 4th Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
February 1, 2000  May 14, 2002
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byOleksandr Tkachenko
Succeeded byVolodymyr Lytvyn
In office
December 5, 1991  May 11, 1994
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Preceded byLeonid Kravchuk
Succeeded byOleksandr Moroz
First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
June 6, 1990  December 5, 1991
SpeakerLeonid Kravchuk
Succeeded byVasyl Durdynets
In office
1985–1990
SpeakerVolodymyr Ivashko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
1st convocation
In office
May 15, 1990  May 10, 1994
ConstituencyCommunist Party of Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, District No.221[1]
2nd convocation
In office
May 10, 1994  May 12, 1998
ConstituencyIndependent, Chernihiv Oblast, District No.445[2]
3rd convocation
In office
May 12, 1998  May 14, 2002
ConstituencyPeople's Democratic Party, No.3[3]
4th convocation
In office
May 14, 2002  May 25, 2006
ConstituencyPeople's Democratic Party, Chernihiv Oblast, District No.209[4]
6th convocation
In office
November 23, 2007  December 12, 2012
ConstituencyIndependent, No.23[5]
Personal details
BornSeptember 11, 1941
Borzna, Chernihiv Oblast,
Soviet Union
DiedJune 25, 2014(2014-06-25) (aged 72)
Alma materNational University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
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Biography

Ivan Plyushch was born on September 11, 1941, in Borzna in Chernihiv Oblast. After graduation in 1959 from Borzna Agricultural College he started his professional career as a mid-level worker, an agronomist, and the head of a division in a few state farms (Ukrainian: radhosp) and collective farms (Ukrainian: kolhosp) in Baryshivka Raion. Between 1967 and 1974 Plyushch was the head of Kirov collective farm and the head of Lenin state farm in Baryshivka Raion. Between 1975 and 1977 he was in Kyiv working as a vice-deputy of a Kyiv Oblast regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Between 1977 and 1979 Plyushch studied in Moscow at the Central Committee of the Communist Party Academy of Social Science. After his studies he continued working in Kyiv in the divisions of the Communist Party of Kyiv Oblast. In 1984 he became the vice-head, and later the head of Kyiv Oblast Administration. In 1990 he was elected the head of Kyiv Oblast Rada.

In 1990 Plyushch was elected to the Supreme Council of Ukraine where he worked for four consecutive сonvocations. On three occasions he served as Chairman of the Supreme Council; July 9 to July 23, 1990 (acting), 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1994, and 1 February 2000, to 14 May 2002.

In 1994 Ivan Stepanovych participated in the presidential election. He won 1.29% votes, and took the 6th place out of 7 candidates. Leonid Kuchma was elected as the President in the election.

In the 2006 parliamentary elections, Plyushch was leading the electoral block named after him and Kostenko. The block won 1,87% of popular vote,[6] short of the required 3% threshold, and obtained no seats in the parliament.

In May 2007 Plyushch was appointed secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council by President Viktor Yushchenko. Plyushch interpreted the council's responsibilities to include economic, environmental and energy security as well as military matters. This made it a key instrument in the President's efforts to assert his authority over the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

In the 2007 parliamentary elections, Plyushch was elected as a candidate of the President's Our Ukraine bloc. He opposed a coalition with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and he was dismissed as Security and Defence Council Secretary by the President in November 2007, shortly before Yanukovych was replaced as Prime Minister by Yulia Tymoshenko.

Plyushch became a creating member of Reforms for the Future in February 2011.[7]

In the 2012 parliamentary elections Plyushch was not a candidate.[8]

Plyushch died on June 25, 2014, at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.[9]

Awards

References

  1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. (in Ukrainian) Українська Народна Партія, Database DATA
  7. Individual deputies create Reforms for the Sake of Future group in parliament, Kyiv Post (February 16, 2011)
  8. (in Ukrainian) Вибори-2012. Список перебіжчиків, які намагається отримати мандат Archived 2013-04-18 at Archive.today, ПРОСТІР (29 October 2012)
  9. (in Ukrainian) Died ex-Speaker Ivan Plyushch, Ukrayinska Pravda (26 June 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) Died ex-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ivan Plyushch, zn.ua (26 June 2014)
Political offices
Preceded by
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Chairman of Verkhovna Rada
20002002
Succeeded by
Volodymyr Lytvyn
Preceded by
Leonid Kravchuk
Chairman of Verkhovna Rada
19911994
Succeeded by
Oleksandr Moroz
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