Vasyl Mykhailovych Chervoniy (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Червоній; 24 August 1958 – 4 July 2009) was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, activist, and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2006, first from various constituencies in Rivne Oblast and then as from proportional party lists. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada of four convocations.[1]

Vasyl Chervoniy
Василь Червоній
Governor of Rivne Oblast
In office
4 February 2005 – 15 May 2006
Preceded byMykola Soroka
Succeeded byViktor Matchuk
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
15 May 1990 – 17 March 2005
Preceded by
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Personal details
Born(1958-08-17)17 August 1958
Pohorilivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died4 July 2009(2009-07-04) (aged 50)
Klevan, Ukraine
Political partyPeople's Movement of Ukraine
Alma materIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
AwardsMember of the Order of Liberty Member of the Order of Liberty

Biography

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Vasyl Chervoniy was born on 24 August 1958 in the village of Pohorilivka, Rivne Oblast. He entered politics in the late 1980s.[1]

From 1981 to 1991, he worked at the factory "Rivne Azot". In 1988, Chervoniy was the first to creat the Shevchenko Society of Ukrainian Language and, in 1989, the first branch of the People's Movement of Ukraine.

From 1990 to 2005 Chervoniy was a People's Deputy of Ukraine. During the Ukraine without Kuchma protests, he was a member of the National Salvation Committee.

From 2005 to 2006, he served as Governor of Rivne Oblast.[1]

In 2008 Chervoniy ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Rivne.

In 2009, near a pond in the village of Derazhne, he was struck by lightning. Chervoniy was taken to the Central Hospital of Rivne Raion in Klevan, where he died.[1]

Awards

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Order of Liberty (November 18, 2009, posthumously).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gazeta.ua (6 July 2009). "Василя Червонія вбила блискавка". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Указ Президента України № 939/2009 від 18 листопада 2009 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Свободи»". Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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