Volodymyr Petrovych Semynozhenko () (born 9 June 1950) is a Ukrainian politician and scientist, who served as the

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine is a government post of the Cabinet of Ukraine. In the absence of the prime minister of Ukraine, the first vice prime minister performs his or her duties as the acting prime minister. In 1991, the post was ...

for humanitarian policy from May 2001 to November 2002, and again for four months in 2010. He created and headed the Ministry of Science and Technology of Ukraine from 1996 to 1998, served as the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Sciences and Technology, and led various technology and innovation committees in the Cabinet of Ministers. He was head of the Association of Ukrainian Scientists, and is now a member of the board of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; , ; ''NAN Ukrainy'') is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine that is the main center of development of Science and technology in Ukraine, science and technology by coordinatin ...

. Semynozhenko was the leader of the

Party of Regions A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

from late 2001 until early 2003, and the New Politics party from March 2009. In 2019 he also stood unsuccessfully for the

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party.

Education

Semynozhenko graduated with honors in 1967 from the Magnet School specializing in

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

. He graduated from

Kharkiv State University The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second old ...

's School of Physics and Technology in 1972. In 1974, Semynozhenko defended his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

dissertation, and in 1984 acquired his doctorate in physics and mathematics. In 1988 he became a professor, and in 1992 he was accepted to the

Scientific work

Semynozhenko is a board member for the

, a professor, author of more than 500

scientific papers Scientific literature encompasses a vast body of academic papers that spans various disciplines within the Natural science, natural and social sciences. It primarily consists of academic papers that present original empirical research an ...

and books, and the holder of more than 80

patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

. From 1975 to 1985 he worked at the B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the

. In 1985 he became the head of the Ukraine State Scientific Institution "Institute for Mono Crystals" of the

Politics

Scientific posts

Semynozhenko was first elected as a deputy in the Ukrainian parliament (

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

) in 1994. He served as the Ukrainian Minister for Science and Technology from 1996 to 1998. He was Science and Technology Advisor to the

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(1999, 2001–2002, 2003–2005), and in 2006 he was appointed Innovation Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine. That same year, he became the president of the Civic and Political Leaders' Association, also known as the " Ukrainian Forum", whose purpose is to analyse national and political trends and their effect on Ukraine and the rest of the world. During his career, Semynozhenko has been the head of several different parliament committees in

, including the Parliament Committee for Social, Science and Technology and Humanitarian Development and the Ukrainian Investment Fund for Social Investment, Environmental Committee.

Party politics

Semynozhenko was the party leader of the

from late 2001 until early 2003.2001 Political sketches: too early for summing up

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(January 4, 2002)Yanukovych suspends his membership in Party of Regions, hands over party leadership to Azarov

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(March 3, 2010) On March 11, 2010 Semynozhenko was elected vice prime minister in the Azarov Government,Old Kuchma faces lead new government with Mykola Azarov as head

(March 11, 2010) responsible for 16 policy areas including

healthcare Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physic ...

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...

, advertising, exhibition activities, and

language policy Language policy is both an interdisciplinary academic field and implementation of ideas about language use. Some scholars such as Joshua Fishman and Ofelia García consider it as part of sociolinguistics. On the other hand, other scholars such as ...

.Bill on dismissal of Vice Premier Semynozhenko registered in parliament

(March 31, 2010) A motion to dismiss Semynozhenko was submitted in the

on 31 March 2010 by lawmaker Olha Bodnar of

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.Parliament dismisses Semynozhenko as vice premier

(July 2, 2010) He was removed as vice prime minister on 2 July 2010. The following week he was appointed head of the ''State Committee for Science, Innovation and Information Support'' and appointed adviser to

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Mykola Azarov Mykola Yanovych Azarov (; ; née, né Pakhlo, Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was the First Vice Prime Minister an ...

. In March 2009 Semynozhenko was elected leader of the New Politics party.Володимир Семиноженко очолив Політичну партію „Нова політика”

Ukrainian Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (), Мінюст �країни Minjust f Ukraine is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is one of the oldest ministerial offices of the country ...

(2009)"Нова політика"
РБК-Україна
Database DATA In the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

the party won 0.10% of the vote, and failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

,

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Semynozhenko also took part in the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, the elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parli ...

, this time for the party

. He received 13.9% of the vote in his constituency of

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

and was not elected.

Honors and awards

Semynozhenko was twice awarded the National Award of Ukraine in Science and Technology. He was awarded "For the National Service" of I, II and III degrees, by order of Saint Volodymir the Great, of the IV degree. He was given an honorable letter of commendation by the

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine (), is the highest body of state Executive (government), executive power in Ukraine. As the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republi ...

and the

. Semynozhenko has been bestowed with the title of Honorary Professor from more than 50 universities, including: * Ivan Franko National University of L'viv * Karazin Kharkiv National University * National Technical University "Kharkov Polytechnical Institute" *National University "

Ostroh Academy The Ostroh Academy (; ) was an influential institute of higher learning located in Ostroh in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is considered the first institution of higher education in the Eastern Slavic world, dating to 1576 and foun ...

" *National Mining University *

Luhansk State Medical University Luhansk State Medical University () is a higher education institution located in Luhansk, a city in the Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. It was established in 1956. In 1979, the institute began offering postgraduate training, and fro ...

In 1999 he was named an Honorary Professor of Art at Kharkov State Academy of Design and Art.

Sources

gska2.rada.gov.uaukraine-children.org.ualudinaroku.com.uanas.gov.ua

References

External links

semynozhenko.comsemynozhenko.net
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