Raisa Bogatyrova

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Raisa Vasylivna Bogatyrova (Ukrainian: Раїса Василівна Богатирьова, Russian: Раиса Васильевна Богатырёва, alternative spellings: Bogatyreva, Bogatyryova) (born on January 6, 1953) is a Ukrainian politician. As of April 2008, she is the Secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and a deputy of the Ukrainian parliament for the pro-Russian Party of Regions.

[edit] Biography

Bogatyrova was born on January 6, 1953 in the city of Bakal, Chelyabinsk Oblast, of the Russian SFSR (then the Soviet Union).

In 1977 she graduated from Kharkiv Medical Institute gaining a doctor's qualification. In 1996 graduated from the Kiev University, specializing in Jurisprudence, qualification - Lawyer, Medical Doctor, professor.

[edit] Career

1970-1971	Seamstress at Kramatorsk Garment Factory
1977-1979	Internship at the 2nd Hospital in Horlivka
1979-1980	Obstetrician-gynecologist at the 3rd Medico-Sanitary Department at the Novokramatorsk Engineering Plant in Kramatorsk
1980-1990	Obstetrician-gynecologist; Head of Trade-Union Committee; Deputy Head Physician at the Kramatorsk Central Municipal Hospital
1990-1994	People’s Deputy
1994-2000	Associate; First Associate; the Minister of Health of Ukraine
2000	Consultant on Science to the President of Ukraine
2000-current	Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
2002-2008	Leader of the Party of Regions faction in Verkhovna Rada, and the party's executive committee member

[edit] Public work

In 1997-2003, Bogatyrova was the Secretary of the Supervisory Board at the National Fund of Social Protection for Mothers and Children Ukraine to Children.