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	'''Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko''' (]: Микола Володимирович Томенко) (b. ], ]) is a ] politician and statesman. He has been a member of the ] (parliament) for two consecutive convocations (including ]). In Verkhovna Rada he served as the Chairman of the Freedom of Speech and Mass Media Committee. In ], Tomenko served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine in the ] of ] (coordinating social care and culture affairs).
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			\| native_name_lang = uk
			\| image = Mykola Tomenko in 2009.jpg
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			\| term_start = December 4, 2014<ref>{{cite web\|title=Committee on issues of ecological policy, natural resources, and the elimination of the consequences of the Chornobyl Catastrophe\|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site2/p_komity?pidid=2624\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=9 December 2014\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
			\| term_end = March 25, 2016
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			\| office3 = ]<br />{{small\|of the 5th convocation}}
			\| term_start3 = February 8, 2007
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			\| successor3 = Mykola Tomenko
			\| office4 = ]<br />{{small\|on humanitarian policy}}
			\| primeminister4 = ]
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			\| term_end4 = September 8, 2005
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			\| birth_place = Mali Kanivtsi, ], ] <small>(now ])</small>
			\| party = ]
			\| otherparty = ] {{small\|(2002-05)}}<br />] {{small\|(2005-14)}}
			\| spouse = Valentyna
			\| children = Pavlo {{small\|(b. 1989)}}
			\| website = {{URL\|http://www.tomenko.kiev.ua/}}

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	Tomenko is a centre-right politician, currently a member of the ]. He was also one of the leaders and most notable speakers of the ].
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			\| constituency5 = ], No.62<ref>{{cite web\|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation\|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/5415/5\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=22 December 2014\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
			\| term_start5 = May 14, 2002
			\| term_end5 = March 3, 2005
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			\| constituency6 = ], No.3<ref>{{cite web\|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation\|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/5415/6\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=22 December 2014\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
			\| term_start6 = May 25, 2006
			\| term_end6 = June 14, 2007
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			\| constituency7 =], No.3<ref>{{cite web\|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation\|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/5415/7\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=22 December 2014\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
			\| term_start7 = November 23, 2007
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			\| constituency8 = ] {{small\|{{nowrap\|(until April 2, 2014)}}}}, No.10<ref>{{cite web\|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation\|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/5415/8\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=22 December 2014\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
			\| term_start8 = December 12, 2012
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			\| constituency9 = ], No.8<ref>{{cite web\|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation\|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/5415\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=22 December 2014\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
			\| term_start9 = November 27, 2014
			\| term_end9 = March 25, 2016<ref name=TouVrJ16/>
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			'''Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko''' ({{langx\|uk\|Микола Володимирович Томенко}}; born December 11, 1964) is a ] politician. He has been a member of Ukraine's parliament, the ] from 2006 until 2016.<ref name=TouVrJ16>{{in lang\|ru}} , ] (28 July 2016)<br />, ] (25 March 2016)<br />{{cite web\|title=People's deputy of Ukraine VIII convocation Mykola Tomenko\|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site2/p_deputat?d_id=5415&skl=9\|website=Official portal\|publisher=]\|accessdate=9 October 2016\|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> In 2014, Tomenko became a member of the ], which elected him to the ] on its party lists during the ].<ref name="General official results of Rada election 2014">, ] (11 November 2014)<br />, ] (11 November 2014)</ref> On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc removed Tomenko's parliamentary mandate using the ] of the ].<ref name=TouVrJ16/> This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.<ref name=TouVrJ16/>

			Tomenko is a centre-right politician, previously a member of the ]. He was also one of the leaders and most notable speakers of the ]. In 2005, Tomenko served as Vice-] in the ] of ] (coordinating humanitarian policy). In the Verkhovna Rada, he also served as the Chairman of the Freedom of Speech and Mass Media Committee and twice as the Deputy ] (during the 6th and 7th convocations).<ref>, ] (October 5, 2010)</ref> Tomenko tendered his resignation as deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada on 4 July 2012 as a sign of protest against the way ] was passed on 3 July 2012.<ref name=Guardian4Jul2012>, ] (4 July 2012)</ref><ref name=KyivPost4Jul2012>, ] (4 July 2012)</ref><ref name=KyivPost4Jul2012B>, ] (4 July 2012)</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Mykola Tomenko (born in a village of Mali Kanivtsi, ], ]) is one of the few ]s of the ] among the Ukrainian elite. Between ] and ] Tomenko served his ] service in the ] ], reaching a rank of ] during the war.

			===Early life===
	In ], after his military service, Tomenko graduated from ] specializing in Ukrainian ]. Shortly after, in ] he obtained his PhD Degree defending his thesis on the topic "The issue of statehood in the program, documents and activities of the present-day parties in Ukraine (historical-political analysis)."
			Mykola Tomenko (born in a village of Mali Kanivtsi, ], currently ], in ] of Ukraine) is one of the few ]s of the ] among the Ukrainian politicians. Between 1983, and 1985 Tomenko served his ] service in the ] ], reaching a rank of ] during the war.

			In 1989, after his military service, Tomenko graduated from ] specializing in Ukrainian ]. Shortly after, in 1992 he obtained his ] degree (roughly equivalent to ]) defending his thesis on the topic "The issue of statehood in the program, documents and activities of the present-day parties in Ukraine (historical-political analysis)."
	During his student years, after initially being a ] activist, Tomenko later became the initiator of the local Komsomol organization's dismissal.

			During his student years, after initially being a ] activist, Tomenko later became the initiator of the local Komsomol organization's dissolution.
	Tomenko began his professional career in ] at the Institute of National Operation and Self-government as the Head of the Political Science Department. Between ]-] he was the vice-president of the All-Ukrainian Fund “The Ukrainian Outlook”, the director of the Institute of Post-communism Society and the Institute of Politics (listed are ]. At the same time he continued lecturing history and political science courses at Kiev universities, finally becoming the Head of the Politology department in the National University ].

			Tomenko began his professional career in 1992 at the Institute of National Operation and Self-government as the Head of the Political Science Department. Between 1992 and 1998 he was the vice-president of the ] "The Ukrainian Outlook", the director of the Institute of Post-communism Society and the Institute of Politics (listed are ]). At the same time he continued lecturing history and political science courses at Kyiv universities, finally becoming the Head of the Politology department in the National University ].
	In mid-] Tomenko began his political career as a member of "My" (Ukrainian for ''Us'') Political Union - a liberal-patriotic group close to ]. In ] he was number 15 in the electoral list of ] candidates for Reforms and Order Party, but the party obtained no seats in parliament.

			===Political career===
	In ] Tomenko was elected to the Parliament on the list of the “]” Block (which contained Reforms and Order Party).
			], then the leader of the ].]]

			In mid-1990s Tomenko began his political career as a member of "My" (Ukrainian for ''Us'') Political Union - a liberal-patriotic group close to ]. In 1998 he was number 15 in the electoral list of ] candidates for Reforms and Order Party, but the party obtained no seats in parliament.
	In late ] he left the party over a split on whether to back ] or President ], and became a member of ]. In ] Tomenko became elected to Verkhovna Rada on the list of that Bloc.

			In 2002 Tomenko was elected to the Parliament on the list of the "]" Block (which contained Reforms and Order Party).
	Mykola Tomenko authored several scholarly books, more than a dozen of journal articles, and, recently, an ], like "Basics of Ukrainian Love".

			In late 2005 he left the party over a split on whether to back ] or President ] (at the time he accused ] and other Yuschenko allies of ]<ref>, ] (7 October 2016)</ref>), and became a member of ]. In 2006 Tomenko became elected to Verkhovna Rada on the list of that Bloc. Tomenko was placed at number 8 on the electoral list of ] during the ].<ref>, ] (31 August 2012)</ref><ref name="electedintoVRUK111112"/> He was re-elected into parliament.<ref name="electedintoVRUK111112">{{in lang\|uk}} , ] (11 November 2012)</ref>

			In the ] Tomenko was re-elected into parliament after being in the top 10 of the electoral list of ].<ref name="General official results of Rada election 2014"/> On 25 December 2015 Tomenko left the party's parliamentary faction.<ref name=TouVrJ16/> On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc withdraw his parliamentary mandate using the ] of the ].<ref name=TouVrJ16/> This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.<ref name=TouVrJ16/>

			In April 2016 Tomenko founded and became the chairman of the “Native Land” organization aimed to "discuss an alternative public strategy for Ukraine".<ref>{{in lang\|uk}} , ] (4 April 2016)</ref>

			After declaring support for the candidature of ] in the ] Tomenko became the supervisor of Hrytsenko's media strategy in Hrytsenko's election headquarters.<ref>{{in lang\|uk}} , ] (17 December 2018)</ref>

			In the July ] Tomenko was placed in the top five in the top ten of the party list of ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/06/10/7217683/ \|title=Гриценко представив свій список, в ньому майже 170 людей \| Українська правда \|publisher=Pravda.com.ua \|date=2019-06-10 \|accessdate=2022-03-16}}</ref> But the party did not win any seats (winning 1.04% of the national vote and not one constituency).<ref>, ] (26 July 2019)<br />{{in lang\|ru}} , ] (21 July 2019)</ref>

			Tomenko is a candidate (and party leader) for the ] and was simultaneously candidate for ] for the party "Native Land" in the ].<ref>{{in lang\|uk}} , ] (26 September 2020)</ref><ref name="chesno.org/post/4222">{{in lang\|uk}} , ] (20 September 2020)</ref><ref>, ] (15 July 2020)</ref> He finished 8th place with 15.039 votes.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news \|url=https://vybory.24tv.ua/vibori-mera-kiyiv-2020-rezultati-golosuvannya-ofitsiyno_n1437890 \|script-title=uk:На виборах мера Києва переміг Кличко: хто пройшов до Київміськради \|trans-title=Klitschko won the Kyiv mayoral election: who went to the Kyiv City Council \|work=] \|date=6 November 2020 \|access-date=24 November 2020 \|language=uk}}</ref> "Native Land" also failed to win any seats in the Kyiv City Council.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> The “Native Land” party was a continuation of the (2016 established) organization with the same name.<ref name="chesno.org/post/4222"/>

	==Political style==		==Political style==
	Entering politics after studying it, Tomenko ~~managed to become an~~ ~~effective~~ public speaker and hot issues commenter~~, ever-interesting for journalists~~. This ~~ability~~ ~~has recently been openly-~~criticized by his political opponents. In summer 2005, President ] became ~~very~~ dissatisfied with Tomenko's public attitude towards coalition allies and accused him of ~~willigness~~ to "comment anything on Earth" and ~~inadmissable~~ lack of in-government team-play sense.		Entering politics after studying it, Tomenko became a public speaker and hot issues commenter. This was criticized by his political opponents.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2008}} In summer 2005, President ] became dissatisfied with Tomenko's public attitude towards coalition allies and accused him of willingness to "comment anything on Earth" and a lack of in-government team-play sense.
			One controversy during Tomenko's political career occurred when the ] was hosted in ]. He openly supported the ] as a candidate for representative of Ukraine. This caused criticism from ] professionals that alleged a poor choice and Tomenko's abuse of Deputy Prime Minister position during the process.

			==Ukrainian Cultural Development==
	The most questionnable part of Tomenko's political career refers to the issue of ] happened in ]. He was openly supporting ] as a candidate for representative of Ukraine. This has caused a massive critic from ] professionals that alleged a poor choice and Tomenko's abuse of Deputy Prime Minister position during the process.
			Tomenko initiated several promotional programs to familiarize Ukraine to visitors as well as the well established residents with the ] followed by the ] and the Seven Most Scenic Routes of Ukraine.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2008}}

			Mykola Tomenko authored several scholarly books, more than a dozen of journal articles, and, an ], like "Theory of Ukrainian Love".{{Citation needed\|date=September 2008}}
	==Further reading==

	*Томенко М. Абетка українського кохання. К., 2004.
			==Selected works==
			*Томенко М. Теорія українського кохання. К., 2004.
	*Кудряшов С., Томенко М. та ін. Карта Севастополя: тріумф і трагедія Президентів: Фонд "Українська Перспектива": Експертна оцінка. - К., 1996. ''(and other research papers of this foundation)''		*Кудряшов С., Томенко М. та ін. Карта Севастополя: тріумф і трагедія Президентів: Фонд "Українська Перспектива": Експертна оцінка. - К., 1996. ''(and other research papers of this foundation)''
	*''several studies of Ukrainian political history authored by Tomenko and S. Sliusarenko''		*''several studies of Ukrainian political history authored by Tomenko and S. Sliusarenko''
			*"Ukrainian romantic Mykola Gogol"<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2016-02-15 \|title=Wayback Machine \|url=http://tomenko.ua/statti/ukrajinskyj-romantyk-mykola-hohol-3/ \|access-date=2024-04-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215125521/http://tomenko.ua/statti/ukrajinskyj-romantyk-mykola-hohol-3/ \|archive-date=2016-02-15 }}</ref>

	==~~External links~~==		==References==
			{{BLP sources\|date=January 2013}}
	*{{en icon}} , ], February 6, 2005.
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	*{{uk icon}} , ], April 22, 2005.
	*{{ru icon}} , a chat with Tomenko at ].net
	*{{uk icon}} A two part Mykola Tomenko interview with ]. ,
	*{{ru icon}} , and interview. ], April 5-11, 2005.
	*{{en icon}} , ], 2005-2.
	*{{uk icon}}

			==External links==
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			*{{in lang\|uk}} {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206163509/http://www.polityka.in.ua/ \|date=2008-12-06 }}
			*{{in lang\|en}} , '']'', February 6, 2005.
			*{{in lang\|uk}} , '']'', April 22, 2005.
			*{{in lang\|ru}} , a chat with Tomenko at '']''.net
			*{{in lang\|uk}} A two part Mykola Tomenko interview with '']''. ,
			*{{in lang\|ru}} , and interview. ''Stolichnye Novosti'', April 5–11, 2005.
			*{{in lang\|en}} , ''Welcome to Ukraine'', 2005-2.

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Latest revision as of 17:38, 20 November 2024

Ukrainian politician

Mykola Tomenko
Микола Томенко


Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on ecological policy of the 8th convocation
In office December 4, 2014 – March 25, 2016
Preceded by	Iryna Sekh
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the 6th convocation
In office September 2, 2008 – December 12, 2012
Preceded by	Mykola Tomenko
Succeeded by	Ruslan Koshulynskyi
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the 5th convocation
In office February 8, 2007 – June 14, 2007
Preceded by	Oleksandr Zinchenko
Succeeded by	Mykola Tomenko
Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine on humanitarian policy
In office February 4, 2005 – September 8, 2005
Prime Minister	Yulia Tymoshenko
Preceded by	Dmytro Tabachnyk
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
4th convocation
In office May 14, 2002 – March 3, 2005
Constituency	Our Ukraine Bloc, No.62
5th convocation
In office May 25, 2006 – June 14, 2007
Constituency	Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.3
6th convocation
In office November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012
Constituency	Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No.3
7th convocation
In office December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014
Constituency	Fatherland (until April 2, 2014), No.10
8th convocation
In office November 27, 2014 – March 25, 2016
Constituency	Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.8

Personal details
Born	(1964-12-11) December 11, 1964 (age 60) Mali Kanivtsi, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Political party	Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Other political affiliations	Our Ukraine Bloc (2002-05) Y. Tymoshenko Bloc (2005-14)
Spouse	Valentyna
Children	Pavlo (b. 1989)
Website	www.tomenko.kiev.ua

Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Томенко; born December 11, 1964) is a Ukrainian politician. He has been a member of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 until 2016. In 2014, Tomenko became a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, which elected him to the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on its party lists during the 2014 parliamentary election. On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc removed Tomenko's parliamentary mandate using the Imperative mandate provisions of the Ukrainian constitution. This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.

Tomenko is a centre-right politician, previously a member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. He was also one of the leaders and most notable speakers of the Orange Revolution. In 2005, Tomenko served as Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Yulia Tymoshenko (coordinating humanitarian policy). In the Verkhovna Rada, he also served as the Chairman of the Freedom of Speech and Mass Media Committee and twice as the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (during the 6th and 7th convocations). Tomenko tendered his resignation as deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada on 4 July 2012 as a sign of protest against the way legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed on 3 July 2012.

Biography

Early life

Mykola Tomenko (born in a village of Mali Kanivtsi, Chornobai Raion, currently Zolotonosha Raion, in Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine) is one of the few veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War among the Ukrainian politicians. Between 1983, and 1985 Tomenko served his conscript service in the Soviet Airborne Troops, reaching a rank of Sergeant during the war.

In 1989, after his military service, Tomenko graduated from Kyiv University specializing in Ukrainian political history. Shortly after, in 1992 he obtained his Kandidat degree (roughly equivalent to Ph.D.) defending his thesis on the topic "The issue of statehood in the program, documents and activities of the present-day parties in Ukraine (historical-political analysis)."

During his student years, after initially being a Komsomol activist, Tomenko later became the initiator of the local Komsomol organization's dissolution.

Tomenko began his professional career in 1992 at the Institute of National Operation and Self-government as the Head of the Political Science Department. Between 1992 and 1998 he was the vice-president of the Foundation "The Ukrainian Outlook", the director of the Institute of Post-communism Society and the Institute of Politics (listed are non-governmental politics research organizations). At the same time he continued lecturing history and political science courses at Kyiv universities, finally becoming the Head of the Politology department in the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy".

Political career

In mid-1990s Tomenko began his political career as a member of "My" (Ukrainian for Us) Political Union - a liberal-patriotic group close to Reforms and Order Party. In 1998 he was number 15 in the electoral list of Parliament candidates for Reforms and Order Party, but the party obtained no seats in parliament.

In 2002 Tomenko was elected to the Parliament on the list of the "Our Ukraine" Block (which contained Reforms and Order Party).

In late 2005 he left the party over a split on whether to back Yulia Tymoshenko or President Viktor Yuschenko (at the time he accused Petro Poroshenko and other Yuschenko allies of corruption), and became a member of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. In 2006 Tomenko became elected to Verkhovna Rada on the list of that Bloc. Tomenko was placed at number 8 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was re-elected into parliament.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tomenko was re-elected into parliament after being in the top 10 of the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc. On 25 December 2015 Tomenko left the party's parliamentary faction. On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc withdraw his parliamentary mandate using the Imperative mandate provisions of the Ukrainian constitution. This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.

In April 2016 Tomenko founded and became the chairman of the “Native Land” organization aimed to "discuss an alternative public strategy for Ukraine".

After declaring support for the candidature of Anatoliy Hrytsenko in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election Tomenko became the supervisor of Hrytsenko's media strategy in Hrytsenko's election headquarters.

In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tomenko was placed in the top five in the top ten of the party list of Civil Position. But the party did not win any seats (winning 1.04% of the national vote and not one constituency).

Tomenko is a candidate (and party leader) for the Kyiv City Council and was simultaneously candidate for Mayor of Kyiv for the party "Native Land" in the 2020 Kyiv local election. He finished 8th place with 15.039 votes. "Native Land" also failed to win any seats in the Kyiv City Council. The “Native Land” party was a continuation of the (2016 established) organization with the same name.

Political style

Entering politics after studying it, Tomenko became a public speaker and hot issues commenter. This was criticized by his political opponents. In summer 2005, President Viktor Yuschenko became dissatisfied with Tomenko's public attitude towards coalition allies and accused him of willingness to "comment anything on Earth" and a lack of in-government team-play sense. One controversy during Tomenko's political career occurred when the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Kyiv. He openly supported the GreenJolly music group as a candidate for representative of Ukraine. This caused criticism from show business professionals that alleged a poor choice and Tomenko's abuse of Deputy Prime Minister position during the process.

Ukrainian Cultural Development

Tomenko initiated several promotional programs to familiarize Ukraine to visitors as well as the well established residents with the Seven Wonders of Ukraine followed by the Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine and the Seven Most Scenic Routes of Ukraine.

Mykola Tomenko authored several scholarly books, more than a dozen of journal articles, and, an essay, like "Theory of Ukrainian Love".

Selected works

Томенко М. Теорія українського кохання. К., 2004.
Кудряшов С., Томенко М. та ін. Карта Севастополя: тріумф і трагедія Президентів: Фонд "Українська Перспектива": Експертна оцінка. - К., 1996. (and other research papers of this foundation)
several studies of Ukrainian political history authored by Tomenko and S. Sliusarenko
"Ukrainian romantic Mykola Gogol"

References

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"People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ (in Russian) Tomenko lost the court of its mandate and will complain to Europe, Ukrayinska Pravda (28 July 2016)
BPP Congress moves to terminate powers of MPs Tomenko, Firsov, UNIAN (25 March 2016)
"People's deputy of Ukraine VIII convocation Mykola Tomenko". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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^ General official results of Rada election, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014)
Central Election Commission announces official results of Rada election on party tickets, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014)
Opposition party demands inquiry into Constitutional Court's Oct. 1 ruling, Kyiv Post (October 5, 2010)
Ukrainians protest against Russian language law, The Guardian (4 July 2012)
Lytvyn:Language bill would have suited if all amendments had been accepted, Kyiv Post (4 July 2012)
Tomenko resigns from post of deputy Verkhovna Rada chairman, Kyiv Post (4 July 2012)
All In The Family: The Sequel, Kyiv Post (7 October 2016)
They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
(in Ukrainian) Former People's Deputy Mykola Tomenko created and headed the movement "Native land", zik.ua (4 April 2016)
(in Ukrainian) The team of Gritsenko was replenished by two Nikolajs, Ukrayinska Pravda (17 December 2018)
"Гриценко представив свій список, в ньому майже 170 людей | Українська правда". Pravda.com.ua. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
(in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
(in Ukrainian) Two former heads of the Kyiv City State Administration have been registered as candidates for mayors of Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (26 September 2020)
^ (in Ukrainian) Mykola Tomenko's top ten "Ridna Kraina" party: agrarian, journalist, singer and politicians, Civil movement "Chesno" (20 September 2020)
Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2020)
^ На виборах мера Києва переміг Кличко: хто пройшов до Київміськради [Klitschko won the Kyiv mayoral election: who went to the Kyiv City Council]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"Wayback Machine". 2016-02-15. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2024-04-05.

External links

(in Ukrainian) Tomenko's personal website
(in Ukrainian) Institute of Politics website Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
(in English) Unofficial bio, Ukrayinska Pravda, February 6, 2005.
(in Ukrainian) Have Ukraine finally got its own coryphaeus of all sciences?, Ukrayinska Pravda, April 22, 2005.
(in Russian) Russia never mastered how to lose gratuitously, a chat with Tomenko at Korrespondent.net
(in Ukrainian) A two part Mykola Tomenko interview with Ukrayinska Pravda. Part 1, part 2
(in Russian) I've beaten Surkis, and interview. Stolichnye Novosti, April 5–11, 2005.
(in English) GreenJolly and their hit song on Maydan and at the Eurovision Song Contest, Welcome to Ukraine, 2005-2.

First government of Yulia Tymoshenko

Prime-minister: Yulia Tymoshenko
First vice-premier-minister: Anatoliy Kinakh
Vice-premier-minister on European integration: Oleh Rybachuk
Vice-premier-minister on humanitarian issues: Mykola Tomenko
Vice-premier-minister on issues of administrative and territorial reform: Roman Bezsmertnyi

Agrarian policy	Oleksandr Baranivskyi
Internal affairs	Yuriy Lutsenko
Coal industry	Viktor Topolov
Economy	Serhiy Teryokhin
Foreign affairs	Borys Tarasyuk
Culture and Tourism	Oksana Bilozir
Emergency and protection of population from consequences of the Chernobyl disaster	David Zhvania
Defense	Anatoliy Hrytsenko
Education and Science	Stanislav Nikolayenko
Healthcare	Mykola Polishchuk
Protection of Natural Environment	Pavlo Ihnatenko
Fuel and Energy	Ivan Plachkov
Labor and Social policy	Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
Industrial policy	Volodymyr Shandra
Family, youth and sports	Yuriy Pavlenko
Transportation and Communication	Yevhen Chervonenko
Finance	Viktor Pynzenyk
Justice	Roman Zvarych
Cabinet of Ministers	Petro Krupko

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