Adam Ivanovych Martyniuk (; 16 August 1950) is a Ukrainian politician, one of leaders of the

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who on several occasions served as the first vice-speaker of the

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Biography

Martyniuk was born in 1950 in a village of Vetly (Zarohizne khutir), Lyubeshiv Raion near the border with Belarus. In 1972 he graduated the Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of history and social studies and after that worked as a history teacher in school of Velyka Hlusha, Lyubeshiv Raion. In 1972-76 Martyniuk attended aspirantura of the Institute of Social Studies (today – Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies,

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) receiving science degree

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in history. During that period in 1974-75 he also served in the

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. In 1976-81 Martyniuk worked as a scientist for the Institute of Social Sciences. In 1981-88 he worked for the Lviv regional committee of CPU, particularly as a lecturer at the House of Political Science. In 1988-91 Martyniuk held leading positions of the Communist Party in the city of Lviv and was an instructor of ideological department of the

. With

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, in 1991-93 Martyniuk joined the

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. During that time he was a security guard in Kyiv for the agrarian company "Ukrayina" and from 1992 the chief editor of newspaper "Tovarishch". With the revival of the

in 1993, he switched to it and was the chief editor of newspaper "Kommunist" (until 1997). In 1994 he lost in parliamentary elections placing fourth in his electoral district (

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). In 1998 Martyniuk was finally elected to the

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as sixths on the party list for the

. Initially a member of the Communist faction in the parliament, in 1998-2000 he was part of non-affiliated. At the end of 2000 Martyuniuk returned to the faction of Communist Party of Ukraine. Since that time he was elected to the

for the next four convocations and was member of Communist faction until 2014. In 2004 Martyniuk's daughter, Nataliya Adamivna Martyniuk as passenger of government vehicle that was involved in a car accident in result of which died an Olympic runner-up and Ukrainian athlete

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. For the 2006 elections Martyniuk was second on the party list and on several occasions he held the position of the first vice-speaker of the parliament. In 2007 Martyniuk headed a temporary special commission (TSC) to present changes to the

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. In 2012 with regulation infringements, he headed the session of parliament that voted for the law on languages in Ukraine. Martyniuk chaired several parliamentary committees such as on parliamentary regulations (2002–03) and national security and defense (2012–14). In the October

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Martyniuk was second on the Communist party election list; but the party did not seats since it came 1.12% short to overcome the 5% election threshold.Ukrainian Communist leader Symonenko not planning to leave country

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(29 October 2014)Ukraine’s Elections Mark a Historic Break With Russia and Its Soviet Past

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(October 27, 2014)General official results of Rada election

(11 November 2014)Central Election Commission announces official results of Rada election on party tickets

(11 November 2014)Communist Party of Ukraine goes to elections to Parliament, the electoral list headed Symonenko

(29 August 2014)

References

External links

The life of Communist elite: villa of Adam Martyniuk

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