| Vitaliy Boiko | |
|---|---|
| Віталій Бойко | |
| Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine | |
| In office 21 December 1994 – 24 October 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Heorhiy Butenko |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Malyarenko |
| Minister of Justice of Ukraine | |
| In office 2 August 1990 – 20 March 1992 | |
| President | Leonid Kravchuk (from 1991) |
| Prime Minister | |
| First Secretary | Stanislav Hurenko (until 1991) |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Zaichuk |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Kampo |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova | |
| In office 1993–1994 | |
| President | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Prime Minister |
|
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Yevhen Levytskyi (provisional) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-09-30)30 September 1937 Kropyvne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | January 30, 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv Law Institute |
| Occupation | Politician, jurist, diplomat |
Vitaliy Fedorovych Boiko (Ukrainian: Віталій Федорович Бойко; 30 September 1937 – 30 January 2020) was a Ukrainian lawyer, diplomat, and Minister of Justice.
Boiko was from Chernihiv Oblast. He graduated from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in 1963 and until 1976 worked as a judge in Dnipropetrovsk and then until 1986 as a judge in Donetsk.
In 1986 to 1992 Boiko worked in Ministry of Justice and held ministerial post. Concurrently with that he also headed the Central Electoral Commission. In 1993–1994 Boiko served as an Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova. In 1994–2002 he was a chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.
He was awarded the Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine, the forerunner of the Order of Merit.
References
- There died the first minister of Justice of Ukraine Vitaliy Boiko (Помер перший міністр юстиції України Віталій Бойко). UNIAN. 30 January 2020
External links
- History of Ministry of Justice. Ministry of Justice of Ukraine website.
- Vitaliy Boiko at the Official Ukraine Today
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by? | Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine 1989–1993 |
Succeeded byIvan Yemets |
| Preceded byVolodymyr Zaichuk | Minister of Justice of Ukraine 1990–1992 |
Succeeded byVolodymyr Kampo |
| Preceded bypost created | Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova 1993–1994 |
Succeeded byYevhen Levytsky |
| Preceded byHeorhiy Butenko | Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Ukraine 1994–2002 |
Succeeded byVasyl Malyarenko |
| Chair of the Supreme Court of Ukraine | ||
|---|---|---|
| Soviet Ukraine (1923–1991) | Sergei Buzdalin • Mykhailo Lebedynets • Frants Mazur • Semen Krupko • Herman Zavitskyi • Grigoriy Zhelyeznogorskiy • Fedir Shumiatskyi • Kostiantyn Topchiy • Petro Noshchenko • Fedir Hlukh • Volodymyr Zaichuk • Oleksandr Yakymenko |  |
| Ukraine | Oleksandr Yakymenko • Heorhiy Butenko • Vitaliy Boiko • Vasyl Maliarenko • Vasyl Onopenko • Petro Pylypchuk • Yaroslav Romaniuk • Valentyna Danishevska • Vsevolod Kniaziev | |
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