Viktor Musiyaka (28 June 1946 – 22 July 2019) was a Ukrainian politician, leader of the party "

Forward, Ukraine! Third Ukrainian Republic ( uk, Третя Українська Республіка) is a political party in Ukraine. The party was formally named (from its creation in May 1999 till April 2010) Forward, Ukraine! ( uk, Вперед, Україно ...

", and deputy chairman of the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

. Musiyaka was born soon after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

in a family of a farmer in a small village between Mykolaiv and Ochakiv. Soon after graduating high school, he worked on factories, first at the Shipyard named after 61 Communards and then after returning from the army at the Olshansky Cement Factory near the town of Olshanske. In 1973 Musiyaka graduated the Kharkiv Law University and its aspirantura, after which he was teaching at the university. Occasionally Musiyaka headed several departments at the university and in 1992 he was granted the title of professor. From 1994 to 2006 Musiyaka was active in politics of Ukraine and twice was elected to the

where for sometime he served as a deputy chairman of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

External links

Viktor Musiyaka
at the Logos Ukraine website
Viktor Musiyaka
at the Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk personal website
Profile
at the Official Ukraine Today
Interview of Viktor Musiyaka
by the ''Ukraina Moloda'' 1946 births 2019 deaths People from Mykolaiv Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian lawyers 21st-century Ukrainian lawyers People's Self-Defense Political Party politicians Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University alumni Academic staff of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Academic staff of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Deputy chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada {{Ukraine-politician-stub