Yuriy Zbitnyev

Yuriy Ivanovych Zbitnyev (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Збітнєв; born October 25, 1963 in Smila[1]) was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the "New Power" Party.

Background

Zbitnyev was a founding member of the "Young Ukraine" party[1] in 1999 and is a member of the coordinating board of public non-governmental organization "Union of tax payers of Ukraine". In 2000, he founded a Ukraine-wide association of manufacturers of infusion solutions, which includes 14 enterprises. In 1999 he created a company "Gramed", which manufactured pharmaceutical medications. From 1995 to 1996 he was first vice-chair of Central Board of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united). In his program he proposes reducing the number of administrative divisions of Ukraine (oblasts) from 24 to 9.

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