Ihor Dushyn

Igor Leonidovych Dushin (Ukrainian: Ігор Леонідович Душин) was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party.^[1] From 1994 to 1998 he was chair of the secretariat of advisers of the President of Ukraine in the area of regional politics. From 1998 to 1999 he was a scientific consultant of the charitable organization Sodruzhestvo ("Concord"). From 1999 to 2000 he was a chair of Center of Business collaboration at the Fund of Assistance for Local Governments of Ukraine.

He favors acknowledging the Russian language as a second official language in Ukraine, and also speaks in support of transforming Ukraine into a federal republic and the creation of a two-chamber parliament.

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Candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election Candidates Oleksandr Bazylyuk Bohdan Boyko Mykhailo Brodskyy Leonid Chernovetskyi Andriy Chornovil Ihor Dushyn Mykola Hrabar Anatoliy Kinakh Serhiy Komisarenko Dmytro Korchynsky Roman Kozak Vladyslav Kryvobokov Oleksandr Moroz Volodymyr Nechyporuk Oleksandr Omelchenko Mykola Rohozhynskyy Oleksandr Rzhavskyy Petro Symonenko Nataliya Vitrenko Vasyl Volha Oleksandr Yakovenko Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Yushchenko Yuriy Zbitnyev Withdrew Hryhoriy Chernysh Vitaliy Kononov See also Orange Revolution Timeline of the Orange Revolution