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(24 October 2009)
Biography
Kostenko holds a
Ph.D.
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from the
Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University
The Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University () is a Ukrainian state-sponsored university in Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine.
History
Russian Empire
Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University started in 1900 as a seven-year mechanical techni ...
. In 1989, he became one of the founders of
People's Movement of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine () is a Ukraine, Ukrainian political party and one of the first Opposition (politics), opposition parties in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine.The first officially registered opposition politica ...
(Rukh) and served as a
People's Deputy of Ukraine
A people's deputy of Ukraine (, ) is a member of parliament and legislator elected by Direct election, popular vote to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine. They are often referred to simply as "deputies". Prior to 1991, the Verkhovna R ...
from 1990 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2012, and in 2002 as a member of Our Ukraine. From 1992 to 1998, he served as the minister of environmental protection. Kostenko was a candidate at the
1999 Ukrainian presidential election
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where he received 2.17% of votes. Kostenko was involved in Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament, which he later regretted, and in dealing with the aftermath of the
Chernobyl disaster
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Kyiv Post
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(14 January 2010)
Before the
2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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The election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkh ...
Kostenko initiated the creation of a coalition known as
Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch
The Ukrainian People's Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, () is a defunct centre-right political alliance in Ukraine led by Yuriy Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch.
Membership
Former members
Results
At the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election ...
who has acquired 1.9% of the vote and did not exceed the 3% threshold of the election.
In July 2007 Kostenko and
Ivan Plyushch
Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch (; 11 September 1941 – 25 June 2014) was a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), from 9 July to 23 July 1990 (acting), from 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1 ...
joined together the bloc
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...
and both got re-elected as People's Deputy of Ukraine. Unlike many allies of Yushchenko, Kostenko did not defect from the Our Ukraine grouping in parliament.
Kostenko was a candidate in the
2010 Ukrainian presidential election
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, his party program included recognizing
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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veterans, during the election, he received 0.22% of the votes.
Kostenko's
Ukrainian People's Party
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Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
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; this list won 1.11% of the national votes and no constituencies, and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes
,
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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Kostenko was second the election list of Our Ukraine. He did not participate in the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Central Election Commission (Ukraine)
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