Yuriy Lutsenko
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| Yuriy Lutsenko Юрій Луценко |
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| Assumed office December 18, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Vasyliy Tsushko |
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| In office February 4, 2005 – December 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Mykola Bilokon |
| Succeeded by | Vasyliy Tsushko |
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| Born | December 14, 1964 Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent (before 2006 - Socialist Party of Ukraine) |
| Spouse | Irina Stepanivna (1966) |
| Children | Oleksandr (1989), Vitaliy (1999) |
| Residence |  Kiev, Ukraine |
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Луценко; born December 14, 1964 in Rivne) is a Ukrainian politician and statesman. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko, Yuriy Yekhanurov, and Viktor Yanukovych. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of Ukrainian police, and Lutsenko became the first civilian minister in February, 2005.[1]
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[edit] Family
Yuriy's father is Vitaliy Ivanovych Lutsenko (March 15, 1937-June 4, 1999) - elected as people deputy of Ukraine in 1994 and 1998, secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine[2], mother is Vira Mikhailivna (1936) – veterinary doctor.
[edit] Early political biography
Yuriy Lutsenko received his degree in Engineering in 1989 from Lviv Polytechnical Institute.
He was a long-term member (since 1991) of the Socialist Party of Ukraine (after his appointment as a minister he suspended the membership in this party). He left the party in the summer of 2006 as a result of the party leader Oleksandr Moroz's entering into a Parliamentary coalition with the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Party of Regions of the previous PM Yanukovych. Lutsenko belonged to so-called "right wing" of SPU which takes a pro-European position akin to social democratic parties in the rest of Europe, rather than a post-Soviet conservative socialism. Prior to his appointment to the executive branch he was people’s deputy in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) since February 2002.
[edit] 2000s
Yuriy Lutsenko gained public fame as one of the leaders of the Ukraine without Kuchma! campaign, which followed the Cassette Scandal of 2000. He was also one of the "faces of Orange revolution".
As a Minister, Lutsenko refused to run in the 2006 parliamentary election on his party list. However, he has been running for both the Kiev City Council and Rivne Oblast Council simultaneously in the lists of Socialist Party - "to make the point", as he explained. Having won these seats, Lutsenko resigned from both in favor of his Minister's position as the Constitution of Ukraine prohibits occupying the positions in the legislative and executive branches of the government at the same time.
As the Parliamentary coalition of the Party of Regions, the Communists and the defected Socialists began to take shape, Lutsenko stated flatly that he refused to continue serving as the minister in a future government formed by these parties. However, after President Viktor Yushchenko agreed to allow the forming of the cabinet in exchange for several political concessions including the ability to pick the Minister of Interior, Lutsenko stated that the president asked him personally to remain as the minister, and he will do so.
Lutsenko was formally dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada on December 1, 2006.[3] However on December 18th 2007 he again became minister of Internal Affairs, when Yulia Tymoshenko was again elected Prime Minister of Ukraine.
[edit] See also
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- ^ On appointment of Yuriy Lutsenko as Minister of Internal Affairs (Ukrainian). Order of President N 150/2005 (2005-02-04).
- ^ Lutsenko Vitaliy Ivanovich biography (Russian). Hokkaido University.
- ^ On dismissal of Yuriy Lutsenko from position of Minister of Internal Affairs (Ukrainian) (2006-12-01).
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) Lutsenko: There Are Several Criminal Cases on Companies Linked to Akhmetov... (June 2005 interview)
- People's Self-Defense: Informal website
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| Preceded by Vasyliy Tsushko |
Minister of Internal Affairs 2007– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Mykola Bilokon |
Minister of Internal Affairs 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Vasyliy Tsushko |
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| Preceded by None |
Leader of Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" 2006–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
