Valeriy Pshenychnyy

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Valeriy Pshenychnyy
Official portrait of Valeriy Pshenychnyy.
Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
In office May 17, 2007 – July 10, 2007
Nominated by	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Ivan Dombrovskyy
Succeeded by	Andriy Stryzhak

Born	1951 Tavriiske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Valeriy Hryhorovych Pshenychnyy (Ukrainian: Валерій Григорович Пшеничний; born 1951 in Tavriiske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) was a President's quota-appointed Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine from February 4, 2003 to May 16, 2007 and it's Chairman since May 17, 2007. He was first appointed by the then President Leonid Kuchma, and named acting Chairman after Ivan Dombrovskyy resigned on May 17, 2007.^[1]

Pshenychnyy was fired on April 30, 2007 by the current President Viktor Yushchenko after allegations of oath treason.^[2] Pshenychnyy was yet again fired by President Yushchenko on May 16, 2007.^[3]

[edit] Footnotes

^ Chief Judge of Ukraine Constitutional Court Quits (English). VOA News. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.
^ Yushchenko dismissed CCU judges (English). ForUm. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.
^ "Stanik and Pshenychnyy again became ex-judges of Constitutional Court", Korrespondent, May 16, 2007. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.

[edit] External links

Short biography of Valeriy Pshenychnyy (Ukrainian). Constitutional Court of Ukraine (2006-09-19).

Preceded by Ivan Dombrovskyy	Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine 2007–Present	Succeeded by Andriy Stryzhak

v • d • e Chairmen of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

Leonid Yuzkov (1992-1995) • Ivan Tymchenko (1996-1999) • Viktro Skomorokha (1999-2002) • Mykola Selivon (2002-2005) • Ivan Dombrovskyy (2006-2007) • Valeriy Pshenychnyy (2007-)

Persondata
NAME	Pshenychnyy, Valeriy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Chairman and Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
DATE OF BIRTH	1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH