| Levko Lukyanenko | |
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| Levko Lukyanenko near the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (October 2006) | |
| 1st Ukraine Ambassador to Canada | |
| In office May 14, 1992 – October 15, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | inaugural |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office May 1990 – June 1992 |
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| Constituency | Railway district #196 (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) |
| Majority | 54.00% |
| In office February 1995 – May 1998 |
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| Constituency | Novovolynsk district #68 (Volyn Oblast) |
| Majority | 62.06% |
| In office May 2002 – May 2006 |
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| Constituency | Party list #5 (BYuT) |
| In office May 2006 – June 2007 |
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| Constituency | Party list #6 (BYuT) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1928 Khrypivka, Horodnya Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, USSR |
| Political party | URP |
| Other political affiliations |
KPSS |
| Spouse(s) | ? |
| Children | ? |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | jurist, politician, writer |
Levko Lukyanenko (Ukrainian: Лук'яненко Левко Григорович); (sometimes written as Levko Lukianenko) is a Ukrainian politician, and Soviet dissident and Hero of Ukraine.[1]
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Lukyanenko was born on 24 August 1928 in the Khrypivka village of Chernihiv Oblast, in the USSR. Following graduation from the Law Department of Moscow State University and after serving in the Russian army, he worked in district party committees in Lviv Oblast.
In 1959 in the time of the Khrushchev Thaw, he organized a dissident movement called the Ukrainian Workers and Peasants Union; he defended the right of secession of Ukraine from the rest of Soviet Union, a right theoretically granted by the 1936 Soviet Constitution.[2] In 1961 he was arrested, tried, and was given the capital punishment, which was later commuted to 15 years in a prison camp. In 1976 he became a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. In 1977 he was arrested again and was sentenced to 10 years in a camp and 5 years of internal exile.
Lukyanenko was released in the wave of Gorbachev's perestroika, and was elected a member of Ukrainian parliament in 1990. He was the co-author of Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine and the author of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine adopted in 1991.
Lukyanenko was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine by President Viktor Yushchenko on April 19, 2005.[1] Also in 2005, he participated in a conference entitled "Zionism As the Biggest Threat to Modern Civilization," which was controversial for its anti-Semitic tone and its invitation of former Grand Wizard David Duke.[3]
In 2006, Lukyanenko was a member of Ukrainian parliament, elected with the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.
In 2006 and (after an interval) again in 2010 Lukyanenko was elected leader of the Ukrainian Republican Party.[4][5]
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