Viktor Mykolaiovych Ostapchuk (, 16 May 1955) is a Ukrainian railway administrator and later Ukrainian parliamentary (

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of the

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and

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convocations), He is a Doctor of Technical Science and is honored as a

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. He is known for his work at the Ukrainian Southern Railways where under his leadership number of rail-lines were electrified.

Origin

He was born on May 16, 1955, in

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, where his family was evacuated from

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at the beginning of the

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Education

From 1972 to 1977 studied in

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

Institute of Railway Engineers named after S.M.Kirov (now Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport) at mechanic faculty “Diesel Electric Locomotives and Management System” In 2000 he graduated a refresher course and advanced professional training at the Kharkiv Academy of Railway Transport (now Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport) getting his master's degree in specialty «Railway rolling stock and special railway transport. Locomotives», same year Ostapchuk conferred a Candidate of Technical Science degree in specialty «Car building Technology», another candidate degree he conferred in 2007 in the Department of materials and technologies of transport products issued at the Ukrainian Academy of Railway Transport In March 2012 he received a degree of Doctor of Technical Science on specialty in Use and Repairing of Transport Means. In January 2014 he was conferred a degree of

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of the Department of materials and technologies of transport products producing of Ukrainian Academy of Railway Transport.

Career

Ostapchuk started out in late 1970s at the Kirov locomotive shop located near Osnova railway station in

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

. Since early 1980s and until 2012 he worked at leadership positions within the Southern Railways.

Parliamentarian

From 2012 to 2014 Ostapchuk served as the

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of the 7th convocation. Ostapchuk was one of the 36 members of the

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faction (who consisted of 96 deputies) who voted in favour of the

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of President

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in February 2014. On November 27, 2014, he was elected people's deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, elected at district #177 in

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by self-nomination. Ostapchuk was again a candidate of the Opposition Bloc, in election district #177 during the

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, but he finished in second place with 26.97% of the votes, and thus lost his parliamentary seat to Dmytro Liubota of

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who gained 40.26% of the votes.Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №177 (Харківська область) 2019

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State awards and honourable distinctions

* Title of Hero of Ukraine (with Order of State) – 2004; * Order of Merit, III stage – 2003; * Order of Yaroslav the Wise, V stage – 2009; * Order of Friendship – 2010; * Honorary degree «The Honored Railroad Worker of Ukraine» – 2001; * Merit certificates of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2001, 2004; * National Award of Ukraine in architecture for complex regeneration historic-architectural surrounding and station monuments in Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast – 2004;

References

External links

Parliament of Ukraine, official web portal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ostapchuk, Viktor 1955 births Living people People from Magnitogorsk Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian emigrants to Ukraine Ukrainian railway mechanical engineers 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Southern Railways (Ukraine) Party of Regions politicians Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Architecture Laureates of the Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine