Yuriy Ivanovych Zbitnyev (; born 25 October 1963 in
Smila
Smila ( ) is a city located on Dnieper Upland near the Tyasmyn River, in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. The Tiasmyn River, a tributary of the Dnieper River, flows through the city. In January 2022, the estimated population was 6 ...
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Ukrinform
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, nominated by the "New Power" Party.
Background
Zbitnyev was a founding member of the "Young Ukraine" party[ in 1999 and is a member of the coordinating board of public ]non-governmental organization
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"Union of tax payers of Ukraine". In 2000, he founded a Ukraine-wide association of manufacturers of infusion solutions, which includes 14 enterprises. In 1999 he created a company "Gramed", which manufactured pharmaceutical medications
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. From 1995 to 1996 he was first vice-chair of the central board of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) (, abbreviated SDPU(o) or СДПУ(о)) is a Ukrainian political party that was originally established as the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. At the 1998 and 2002 parliamentary elections it wo ...
. In his program he proposes reducing the number of administrative division
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s of Ukraine (oblast
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s) from 24 to 9.
References
External links
Official website
1963 births
Living people
People from Smila
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) politicians
Candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election
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