Bohdan Fedorovych Boyko (; born 29 September 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who formerly served as a

People's Deputy of Ukraine A people's deputy of Ukraine (, ) is a member of parliament and legislator elected by Direct election, popular vote to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine. They are often referred to simply as "deputies". Prior to 1991, the Verkhovna R ...

from 1990 to 2002 as a member of the

People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine () is a Ukraine, Ukrainian political party and one of the first Opposition (politics), opposition parties in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine.The first officially registered opposition politica ...

. He was also a candidate in

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, nominated by the Movement of Ukrainian Patriots. In 2000, he formed a third faction within the People's Movement of Ukraine aimed at reconciling the differences between two other opposing factions.

Biography

He was born on 29 September 1954 in the village of Pidiarkiv, in the western Ukrainian

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in what was then the

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Education

* Ivan Franko Lviv State University, Faculty of Economics (1971–1976), economist; * graduate student at the Department of Political Economy, Lviv University (1979–1982); * Candidate's dissertation "Efficiency of commodity turnover of means of production in the period of developed socialism" (1982).

Career

1982–1986 – Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Lviv Agricultural Institute. 1986–1990 – Art. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Political Economy, Ternopil Pedagogical Institute. From 1990 – 1st Deputy Chairman of the Ternopil Oblast Council. Since 15 January 1992 – Chairman of the Executive Committee and Regional Council. April 1992 – June 1994 – Chairman of the Ternopil Oblast Council. 7 September 1996 – 20 April 1998 – Governor of Ternopil Oblast. Since 1990 – co-chairman, chairman of the Ternopil Oblast council of the People's Movement of Ukraine. 1993 – co-chairman of the Ternopil Regional Council of the People's Movement of Ukraine. 1995–1999 – Deputy Chairman of the People's Movement of Ukraine. 1995–1997 – c. at. Chairman, Chairman of the People's Movement of Ukraine Secretariat.

References

Living people 1954 births Politicians from Lviv Oblast University of Lviv alumni First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada People's Movement of Ukraine politicians Candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election Governors of Ternopil Oblast {{Ukraine-politician-stub