Yevhen Zhovtyak

Yevhen Zhovtyak (Ukrainian: Євген Дмитрович Жовтяк; b. 19 March 1961, Rudnyky, Sniatyn Raion) is a Ukrainian politician.

In 1984, he graduated Kharkiv Aviation Institute (KhAI) as a mechanical engineer. After graduation Zhovtyak worked as a design engineer at the Zhulyany Engineering Factory in Vyshneve, specializing production of missiles for the Soviet S-300 missile system.

In 1993, Zhovtyak received a graduate degree in state administration from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Institute of State Administration and Self-Government. While studying in the institute, in 1992–1994 he also worked as a state official at the Kyiv-Stiatoshyn Raion administration and later as a specialist for some office support departments of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

He was a member of the Ukrainian parliament in 1994–2005 (2nd,[1] 3rd,[2] and 4th[3] convocations). Being a politician of People's Movement of Ukraine and Ukrainian People's Party, Zhovtyak was elected from his constituency in Kyiv Oblast (Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion).[3] While being a member of parliament, in 1999 he also received a law degree from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv.

Following the so-called Orange Revolution in Ukraine, in 2005–2006 he served as a Governor of Kyiv Oblast.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Yevhen Zhovtyak at Verkhovna Rada website
  2. ↑ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України".
  3. 1 2 "Народний депутат України IV скликання" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  4. ↑ Yevhen Zhovtyak at the Official Ukraine Today portal
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