| Vyacheslav Kyrylenko В'ячеслав Анатолійович Кириленко |
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| Kyrylenko in 2005 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1998 |
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| Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 2005–2006 |
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| Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine | |
| In office 2005–2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1968 [1] Poliske, Ukrainian SSR[1] |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Front of Changes |
| Other political affiliations |
People's Movement of Ukraine(1993-2002) Ukrainian People's Party(2002-2007) People's Union Our Ukraine(2007-2009) For Ukraine! (2009-2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Kateryna[2] |
| Children | Daughter and son[2] |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www.kyrylenko.com.ua |
Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Kyrylenko (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Анатолійович Кириленко) is a Ukrainian politician; former Minister of Labor and Social Policy, former Vice Prime Minister, former partyleader of Our Ukraine and of the party For Ukraine!.[1][3][4] This party merged into the party Front of Changes in December 2011.[5]
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During his studies at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyrylenko was one of the initiators a political student strike at the October Revolution Square in Kiev, which was held from 12 to 17 October 1990,[6] which eventually led to the resignation the Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine Vitaly Masol.[7] In the years 1992 and 1993 Kyrylenko was head of the Ukrainian Student Union and became a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine,[1] He soon became the head of the youth wing of this party and stayed that until 2002 while meanwhile becoming a Doctor of Philosophy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (in 1993 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and he received a PhD in Philosophy in 1997[7]).[1]
In 2002 Kyrylenko became the Deputy Head of the Ukrainian People's Party.[1] During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kyrylenko was elected into the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament); he has been re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada since.[1] In 2005 Kyrylenko became the Minister of Labor and Social Policy in the first Tymoshenko Government and a Vice Prime Minister later that year in the Yekhanurov Government until the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1] In December 2006 Kyrylenko was elected as Head of the Parliamentary Faction "Our Ukraine"[1] and on March 31, 2007 was elected the head of the People's Union Our Ukraine.[1] During the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election was Kyrylenko the top candidate of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc on its party list.[8] The alliance lost 9 seats but its percentage of total votes slightly improved.[9][10]
In 2008 Kyrylenko was replaced as head of Our Ukraine party of its Honorary President Viktor Yushchenko.[2] In December Kyrylenko resigned from the post as head of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in protest against the reformation of the coalition that supported the second Tymoshenko Government with Bloc of Lytvyn.[2] According Kyrylenko the restructure posed "a serious threat to the economy and social sphere".[7] On December 23, 2008 Kyrylenko formed the parliamentarian deputy group For Ukraine! in the Verkhovna Rada.[2][3][11] In November 2009 Kyrylenko started to cooperate with the Party of Social Protection[3] In order to participate in the 2010 Ukrainian local elections.[3] In November 2009 the Party of Social Protection changed its name to For Ukraine! and Kyrylenko was elected party leader of it[4][12]
In November 2009 Kyrylenko was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree.[7]
In December 2011 For Ukraine! merged into the party Front of Changes; Kyrylenko joined this party too.[5]
Kyrylenko is married to Kateryna Mykhailivna[13] who is a philosophy lecturer at the Kyiv National University of Culture and the Arts.[2] They have a son and a daughter.[2]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Mykhailo Papiev |
Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine 2005 |
Succeeded by Ivan Sakhan |
| Preceded by Mykola Tomenko |
Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine (in Humanitarian Affairs) 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Dmytro Tabachnyk |