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Ivan Plyushch
Іван Плющ
Plyushch in 2004
Secretary of the Security and Defense Council
In office 12 May 2007 – 26 November 2007
President	Viktor Yushchenko
Preceded by	Vitaliy Haiduk
Succeeded by	Raisa Bohatyriova
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office 1 February 2000 – 14 May 2002
Preceded by	Oleksandr Tkachenko
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Lytvyn
In office 5 December 1991 – 11 May 1994
Preceded by	Leonid Kravchuk
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Moroz
First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office 6 June 1990 – 5 December 1991
Speaker	Leonid Kravchuk
Succeeded by	Vasyl Durdynets
In office 1985–1990
Speaker	Volodymyr Ivashko
Chairman of the Kyiv Oblast Council
In office 3 April – 24 July 1990
Succeeded by	Vasyl Sinko
Chairman of the Kyiv Regional executive committee
In office 25 December 1984 – 3 April 1990
Preceded by	Vasyl Sinko
Succeeded by	Vasyl Sinko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 23 November 2007 – 12 December 2012
Constituency	Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, No. 23
In office 15 May 1990 – 25 May 2006
Constituency	Kyiv Oblast, No. 221 Chernihiv Oblast, No. 445 People's Democratic Party, No. 3 Chernihiv Oblast, No. 209
Personal details
Born	(1941-09-11)11 September 1941 Borzna, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	25 June 2014(2014-06-25) (aged 72) Kyiv, Ukraine
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union People's Democratic Party Our Ukraine
Alma mater	National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
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Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch (Ukrainian: Іван Степанович Плющ; 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 1994, and from 1 February 2000 to 14 May 2002.

Biography

Ivan Plyushch was born on 11 September 1941, in Borzna in Chernihiv Oblast. After graduation in 1959 from Borzna Agricultural College he started his professional career as a mid-level worker, an agronomist, and the head of a division in a few state farms (Ukrainian: radhosp) and collective farms (Ukrainian: kolhosp) in Baryshivka Raion. Between 1967 and 1974 Plyushch was the head of Kirov collective farm and the head of Lenin state farm in Baryshivka Raion. Between 1975 and 1977 he was in Kyiv working as a vice-deputy of a Kyiv Oblast regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Between 1977 and 1979 Plyushch studied in Moscow at the Central Committee of the Communist Party Academy of Social Science. After his studies he continued working in Kyiv in the divisions of the Communist Party of Kyiv Oblast. In 1984 he became the vice-head, and later the head of Kyiv Oblast Administration. In 1990 he was elected the head of Kyiv Oblast Council.

In 1990, Plyushch was elected to the Verkhovna Rada, where he worked for four consecutive сonvocations. On three occasions he served as Chairman of the Supreme Council; 9 July to 23 July 1990 (acting), 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1994, and 1 February 2000, to 14 May 2002.

In 1994, Plyushch participated in the 1994 Ukrainian presidential election. He won 1.29% votes, and took the 6th place out of 7 candidates. Leonid Kuchma was elected as the President in the election.

In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Plyushch was leading the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch. The bloc won 1.87% of popular vote, short of the required 3% threshold, and obtained no seats in the parliament.

In May 2007, Plyushch was appointed secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council by President Viktor Yushchenko. Plyushch interpreted the council's responsibilities to include economic, environmental and energy security as well as military matters. This made it a key instrument in the President's efforts to assert his authority over the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Plyushch was elected as a candidate of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. He opposed a coalition with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and he was dismissed as Security and Defence Council Secretary by the President in November 2007, shortly before Yanukovych was replaced as prime minister by Yulia Tymoshenko.

Plyushch became a creating member of Reforms for the Future in February 2011.

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Plyushch was not a candidate.

Plyushch died on 25 June 2014, at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.

Awards

• Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the State (2001)
• The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th (1996), 4th (2007) and 3rd (2011) Cl.
• Cross of Ivan Mazepa (2010)

References

1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
3. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
4. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
5. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
6. (in Ukrainian) Українська Народна Партія, Database DATA
7. Individual deputies create Reforms for the Sake of Future group in parliament, Kyiv Post (16 February 2011)
8. (in Ukrainian) Вибори-2012. Список перебіжчиків, які намагається отримати мандат Archived 2013-04-18 at archive.today, ПРОСТІР (29 October 2012)
9. (in Ukrainian) Died ex-Speaker Ivan Plyushch, Ukrayinska Pravda (26 June 2014)
   (in Ukrainian) Died ex-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ivan Plyushch, zn.ua (26 June 2014)

External links

• (in Ukrainian) OpenUA: Ivan Plyushch

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