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Ukrainian railway manager and politician In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Kirpa.
Heorhiy Kirpa statue inside Uzhhorod railway station

Heorhiy Mykolayovych Kirpa (Ukrainian: Георгій Миколайович Кірпа) (20 July 1946 in Klubivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast – 27 December 2004 in Bortnychi, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian railway manager, statesman and politician, best known as the head of the Ukrzaliznytsia national railway company and Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications under President Leonid Kuchma.

Political career

In May 2002, Kirpa was appointed Minister of Transport by the then President Leonid Kuchma and on April 23 was awarded an honourable title Hero of Ukraine. In a publicly debated move in 2003, the President placed paramilitary railroad armed forces under the direction of Kirpa. Kirpa was a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and the BBC described him as "one of the most influential figures" in Yanukovych's government.

Death

Heorhiy Kirpa was found shot dead at his holiday home in Bortnychi (the outskirt of Kyiv), on 27 December 2004. The official police report states that Kirpa committed suicide.

Remembrance

Late December 2009 the Southwestern Railways requested the Kyiv City Council to rename Petrozavodska Street, which is located in the Solomianskyi Raion of Kyiv, as Heorhiy Kirpa Street. The Bortnychi railway station, the closest to Kirpa's residence and death place, was renamed "Heorhiy Kirpa Station" in his honor by Ukrzaliznytsia.

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References

  1. ^ Southwestern Railroad asks Kyiv council to rename a street, Kyiv Post (24 December 2009)
  2. "Ukraine minister found shot dead". BBC News. 27 December 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  3. ^ POLICE CONFIRM GEORGI KIRPA'S DEATH AS SUICIDE, Ukrinform (6 January 2005)

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