Topic: Volodymyr Lytvyn
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The idea has been discussed, all the basic documentation has been signed
Gazprom to meet EU gas needs Dec 29, 2008
I think we must do everything to derive some practical good out of this tragedy, including by organizing extreme tourism
Chernobyl suggested as tourist destination Feb 13, 2006
I would venture to assume, I do not rule out, that this topic will again be brought up
Regional splits less in Ukraine May 06, 2005
State structures are ill-advised in highlighting the separatism problem, an issue that should be removed from the agenda
Regional splits less in Ukraine May 06, 2005
We will have time to form the presidential administration and hold consultations
Ukraine may get new govt next month Jan 17, 2005
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn (Ukrainian: Володимир Михайлович Литвин) (born April 28, 1956) is a Ukrainian politician and the current Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. 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. From 1994 to 1999, Lytvyn was the aide to President Leonid Kuchma and, later, the head of his office.
Lytvyn was born in Sloboda-Romanivska village in the Novohrad-Volynskyi District of the Zhytomyr Oblast. His father, Mykhaylo Klymovych (born 1930) and mother Olga Andriyivna (born 1929) were peasants. Lytvyn graduated from the Kiev University (Faculty of History) in 1978. He is married to Tetyana Kostyantynivna (born 1960), an economist. Their daughter Olena (born 1982) is a student, so does their son Ivan (born 1989)
Mr Lytvyn started his career as a political analyst within the Central Committee of the Ukrainian SSR's Communist Party (a division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union).
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