Mykhailo Chechetov

Chechetov was born 3 October 1953 in the village of Lyubimovka (Korenevsky District) in current Russia; then the village was part of the USSR (as was Ukraine).[7][nb 1] In 1979 he graduated from Kharkiv Engineering and Economics Institute with a degree in economics and organization of mining industry.[7] From 1971 1982 till he worked as a mechanic in a coal mine in Yenakiyevo.[7] And from 1982 till 1994 Chechetov was a teacher at Kharkiv engineering economic institute.[7]

From 1994 till 1997 Chechetov was a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.[7] in the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected into parliament and joined the faction Socio-market choice.[7] In 1998 and 1999 he served as Deputy Minister of Economy.[7] From September 1999 to April 2003 Chechetov was First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine.[7] From 1998 to 2005 Chechetov was a member of various economic commissions under President Kuchma.[7] In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he returned to parliament for Party of Regions.[7] After 2012 he became first deputy head of the party's parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[5][7] Chechetov did not take part in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7]

On January 20, 2015, the General Prosecutor's Office claimed Chechetov a suspect on suspicion of abuse of power and forgery.[7] On February 21 he was bailed out for almost 5 million hryvnia.[7]

Chechetov committed suicide on the night of February 27, 2015, by jumping from the window of his apartment, located on the 17th floor.[6] He left behind his wife Natalia Chechetov (born in 1954 and an employee of the Ukrainian parliament) and his daughter Tatiana Chechetov-Terashvili (born 1979 and a lecturer of the Kharkiv National University of Economics).[7]

• Oleksandr Peklushenko