Viacheslav Kostiantynovych Prokopovych (; 1881–7 June 1942) was a Ukrainian

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and

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. Starting in 1905, he was a politician of the Ukrainian Democratic-Radical Party (UDRP), established in Kiev. At the end of

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, he was a member of the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Federalists (UPSF) and Central Rada. In 1918, he served as the minister of education in a cabinet of

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(UNR), headed by Vsevolod Holubovych. On 26 May 1920, Viacheslav Prokopovych became the prime minister of the UNR until 14 October 1920. At the beginning of 1921 the government went into exile. The cabinet was headed twice by Prokopovych (March – August 1921, and May 1926 – October 1939). In 1925–1939, he was also a founder and chief editor of ''Tryzub'', published in

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.Chojnowski A., Bruski J.J. (2006). ''Ukraina''. Wyd. Trio, Warszawa.

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1881 births 1942 deaths Politicians from Kyiv People from Kievsky Uyezd Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire 20th-century Ukrainian historians Ukrainian Democratic Party (1904) politicians 20th-century Ukrainian politicians Prime ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic Members of the Ukrainian government in exile Ukrainian emigrants to France {{Ukraine-bio-stub