Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kaminski (, ; born 15 March 1950) is an ethnic Ukrainian politician from

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, former speaker of the Supreme Council of Transnistria and former chairman of

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Early life

Kaminski was born in 1950 in eastern Russia, but his family was of Ukrainian-Polish descent. His family moved to the

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in 1957. Kaminski studied in

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, at the M.V. Lomonosov Odesa Institute of Technology. He subsequently worked as a manager at several dairy plants in the Moldavian SSR.

Political career

Kaminski's first political office was as a member of the council of the city of

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from 1990 until 2000, when he was

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to parliament. In 2005, he was re-elected in an

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that proved to be a victory for his party. Kaminski was subsequently elected as vice-speaker, with

Yevgeny Shevchuk Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (, , , mo-Cyrl, Евгени Васильевичь Шевчюк; born 19 June 1968) is a Transnistrian former politician who served as the second President of Transnistria, from 2011 to 2016. He was a deputy to t ...

, also of the Obnovlenie party, becoming speaker. On 22 July 2009, Shevchuk resigned as speaker and Kaminski was elected unopposed to replace him. The newly elected vice-speaker was

Mikhail Burla Mikhail Porfirovich Burla (; , ''Mykhaylo Profirovych Burla''; ; born 22 November 1957 in village Mejdurechie, Storozhynets Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Transnistrian politician and the chairman of the country's ruling political ...

, chairman of Obnovlenie.

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awarded Kaminski the "Order of Friendship" on 12 March 2010, "for a great personal contribution to the development of friendship between the peoples of South Ossetia and Transnistria, merits in strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation and for his 60-year birthday". In December 2011, Kaminski ran for president of Transnistria as the candidate of Obnovlenie. In the first round of elections, he received 26.48% of the vote, narrowly making it into the second round of voting.

, the former chairman of the Supreme Soviet, received the most support with 38.53%, while sitting president, Igor Smirnov, came in third with 24.82%. In the election,

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, the ruling political party of

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, supported Kaminski's campaign.

Personal life

Kaminski is married and has two children.

External links

Official biography page, from Parliament

English version of the same page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaminski, Anatoliy 1950 births Living people People from Zabaykalsky Krai Members of the Supreme Council (Transnistria) Obnovlenie politicians Transnistrian people of Ukrainian descent Transnistrian people of Polish descent