Wassyl Durdynez

Wassyl Durdynez 1999

Wassyl Wassyljowytsch Durdynez ( Ukrainian Василь Васильович Дурдинець , scientific transliteration Vasyl 'Vasyl'ovyč Durdynec' ; born September 27, 1937 in Romchevytsia , Transcarpathia ) was Prime Minister of the Ukraine from June 19, 1997 to July 16, 1997 .

Wassyl Durdynez was born the son of a poor farmer. After finishing school, he studied at the Ivan Franko State University in Lviv until he graduated in 1960 . From 1958 to 1978 he worked in the Komsomol and organs of the Communist Party in Lviv, Moscow and Kiev .

In 1978 Durdynez became a deputy and in 1982 first deputy of the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior. He held this post until February 1991.

From March 1990 to April 1994 he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada , the Ukrainian parliament. On January 29, 1992, he was elected first deputy speaker of parliament. In July 1995 he became a member of the Cabinet and Deputy Prime Minister. On June 18, 1996, he was appointed first deputy prime minister and on February 14, 1997, he was appointed chairman of the coordinating committee for the fight against corruption and organized crime of the President of Ukraine . From March 22, 1997 he was Minister for Civil Protection and Protection of the Population from the Long-Term Consequences of the Chernobyl reactor disaster .

Web links / sources

• CV on the website of the Ukrainian government