Ivan Bushko
Ivan Bushko (born March 10, 1969 in the city of Vynohradiv Zakarpattia Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician, MP of Ukraine of the VII convocation from the Party of Regions. The president of the football club “Sevliush” of Vynohradiv city, the head of the Council of Transcarpathian football clubs presidents.
Education
2005 р. — Transcarpathian State University. Majoring in — «Accounting and Auditing»
Working career
1986 a worker of vinicultural brigade, a driver of vehicle fleet of the «the 8th of March” sovkhoz [1] in Zakarpattia Oblast in Vynohradiv city, where he was working until May 1987 р. From May 1987 till June 1989 he served his military service in the ranks of the Soviet Army in the city of Sambir Lviv Oblast.
Upon return from the military service he was working for two years from 1989 till 1991 at Vynohradiv plant “Electron”. After two years of temporary unemployment from 1993 till 1994, he worked as a commodity expert in the incorporated industrial and commercial company “Zakarpattia”. Since 1994 – deputy director of the company, where he had been working for 3 years. The following thirteen years he worked as a private entrepreneur.
In April 2010 he became the first deputy head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration, supervising the issues of capital construction, property management and privatization, industrial policy and infrastructure development, regional development, urban planning and architecture, energy, transport and communications, emergencies, as well as the advisor of the Governor.
A member of the Party of Regions. He was elected to the post of deputy of Vynohradiv City Council of the third convocation and to the posts of deputy of the Transcarpathian Regional Council of the fourth, fifth and sixth convocations. He led the faction of the Party of Regions in the regional council of the fifth convocation. Ivan Bushko participated in the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in October 2012 as the candidate of the Party of Regions in a single-mandate majoritarian election district № 73 and won. He ceased his activity as the first deputy head of the RSA due to a transfer to another appointment in the Parliament. On December 12, 2012 he received a mandate of the people’s deputy of Ukraine. He is a member of the Committee for Family, Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism. Chairman of the Subcommittee on the issues of tourism, resorts and recreational activity of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Family, Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism.[2] The head of inter-factional parliamentary group "Zakarpattia".
Public activity
Ivan Bushko actively advocates radical reforms in the economic and social spheres, overcoming corruption in power structures and law enforcement. He does his best to promote European integration processes in Ukraine. He is a supporter of non-political rusynism. On July 13, 2013 he participated in the XII World Congress of Rusyns in Uzhgorod, where he stated his willingness to personally raise the issue of recognition of Rusyns as nationality in the Parliament of Ukraine. Source
Family
Married, brings up two children — a daughter and a son
Notes
Sources and references
- Ivan Bushko’s personal page in the social network Facebook
- MP’s page on the official portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
- Bills submitted by the subject with the right of legislative initiative.
- Information card of the deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation Ivan Bushko at the official web-portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Articles in the media (Ukrainian)
- Ivan Bushko: «Ivan Bushko: AntiBaloha — Interview»
- Ivan Bushko: «Interethnic agreement is a continuous dialogue»
- Ivan Bushko: «This year's overpayment for gas will be 51 billion UAH, while we could upgrade housing and utility sector»
- I. Bushko: The first Ukrainian M6 motorway will be started to be built from Transcarpathia
- Muzhievo gold mine restores its operation?
- Ivan Bushko: «We do not plan to resettle anyone anywhere so far …»
- Ivan Bushko: «According to the President's program housing should become much more affordable»
- Bushko created “Zakarpattyia” group in the Parliament
- Korolevo parking may become an open-air museum
- Other publications about Ivan Bushko