Ivan Vakarchuk

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Ivan Oleksandrowytsch Wakarchuk ( Ukrainian Іван Олександрович Вакарчук ; born March 6, 1947 in Brătuşeni near Edineț , Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic ; † April 4, 2020 in Lviv ) was a Ukrainian physicist , university rector and politician .

Life

The doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor and author of more than 300 scientific publications, Ivan Wakarchuk was Rector of the Ivan Franko National University in Lviv from 1990 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2013 .

Between 2001 and 2004, Vakarchuk was President of the Ukrainian Physical Society.

In Tymoshenko's second cabinet , the non-partisan Vakarchuk was Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine between December 18, 2007 and March 11, 2010 . He died in Lviv at the age of 73 and is buried in the Lychakiv Cemetery .

family

Wakarchuk was married to his wife, Switlana, born in 1947, and was the father of Svyatoslaw Wakarchuk , a well-known singer, songwriter and social activist.

Honors

Web links

Commons : Iwan Wakarchuk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The ex-minister, scientist Ivan Wakarchuk, died in pravda.com.ua on April 4, 2020; accessed on April 4, 2020 (Ukrainian)
  2. ^ History of the university on the website of the University of Lviv , accessed on October 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Biography on the website of the Institute of Solid State Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine , accessed on October 22, 2015.
  4. ^ Biography of Ivan Wakarchuk on the website of the University of Lviv ( memento from March 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b Ivan Wakartschuk on who.com.ua ( memento of October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ The former rector of Lviv University, Ivan Wakarchuk, died on zaxid.net on April 4, 2020; accessed on April 4, 2020 (Ukrainian)
  7. ↑ Vakarchuk Ivan Aleksandrovich - Uranian hero ( Memento of 4 March 2016 Internet Archive accessed) on October 22, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Wakarchuk, Ivan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wakarchuk, Ivan Oleksandrowytsch (full name); Вакарчук, Іван Олександрович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian physicist, university rector and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Brătușeni near Edineț , Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2020
Place of death Lviv