Mykhailo Vasylyovych Chechetov ( uk, Михайло Васильович Чечетов; October 3, 1953 – February 27, 2015) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a former first deputy head of the

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parliamentary faction; and

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(8 March 2016) Chechetov committed suicide on February 27, 2015.

Biography

Chechetov was born 3 October 1953 in the village of Lyubimovka (

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) in current Russia; then the village was part of the

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. From 1971 1982 till he worked as a mechanic in a coal mine in

Yenakiyevo Yenakiieve ( uk, Єна́кієве, ''Yenákiieve'', ; russian: Ена́киево, ''Yenákiyevo'') is a city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance (a special status within t ...

. And from 1982 till 1994 Chechetov was a teacher at

Kharkiv engineering economic institute Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

. From 1994 till 1997 Chechetov was a member of the

Liberal Party of Ukraine The Liberal Party of Ukraine ( uk, Ліберальна партія України, translit=Liberalna Partiya Ukrayiny, or LPU) is a modern Ukrainian political party. It was founded on September 12, 1991 in Donetsk. The official date of registra ...

. in the

1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 27 March 1994, with a second round between 2 and 10 April. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 15 political parties gained seats and the majority of deputi ...

he was elected into parliament and joined the faction Socio-market choice. In 1998 and 1999 he served as Deputy

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. From September 1999 to April 2003 Chechetov was First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine. From 1998 to 2005 Chechetov was a member of various economic commissions under President

Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corrup ...

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. After 2012 he became first deputy head of the party's parliamentary faction; and

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. Chechetov did not take part in the

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claimed Chechetov a suspect on suspicion of abuse of power and forgery. On February 21 he was bailed out for almost ₴5 million. Chechetov committed suicide on the night of February 27, 2015, by jumping from the window of his apartment, located on the 17th floor.Yanukovych’s ally Chechetov commits suicide under house arrest
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/ref> He left behind his wife Natalia Chechetov (born in 1954 and an employee of the

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) and his daughter Tatiana Chechetov-Terashvili (born 1979 and a lecturer of the

Kharkiv National University of Economics Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics ( uk, Харківський національний економічний університет імені Семена Кузнеця) is the largest economic higher educational and res ...

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