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Vasyl Kuybida

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Stepanovych and the family name is Kuybida.

Vasyl Kuybida
Василь Куйбіда
Kuybida in 2009
Minister of Regional Development and Construction
In office
18 December 2007 – 11 March 2010
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byVolodymyr Yatsuba
Succeeded byVolodymyr Yatsuba
Mayor of Lviv
In office
1994–2002
Preceded byVasyl Shpitser [uk]
Succeeded byLiubomyr Buniak [uk]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
23 November 2007 – 19 December 2007
ConstituencyOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, No. 26[1]
In office
25 May 2006 – 15 June 2007
ConstituencyOur Ukraine Bloc, No. 17[2]
Personal details
Born (1958-05-08) 8 May 1958 (age 66)
Inta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Komi Republic, Russia)
Political partyPeople's Movement of Ukraine
Other political
affiliations		Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
Alma materUniversity of Lviv

Vasyl Stepanovych Kuybida (Ukrainian: Василь Степанович Куйбіда; born 8 May 1958) is a Ukrainian politician who served as Minister of Regional Development and Construction from 2007 to 2010. Prior to serving as minister, he was also mayor of Lviv from 1994 to 2002 and a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc from 2006 to mid-2007 and then again for a brief period in 2007. He was also a candidate for president during the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election, receiving 0.06% of the vote.

Early life and career

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Vasyl Stepanovych Kuybida was born on 8 May 1958 in the city of Inta, in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. His parents lived on a special settlement. From 1975 to 1980 Kuybida studied at the University of Lviv's faculty of applied mathematics and mechanics, graduating with a specialty in applied mathematics.[3]

Political career

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He has been elected to the Verhovna Rada two times (in 2006 and 2007). In 1994-2002 Kuybida was mayor of Lviv, in 2007-10 - Minister of Regional Development and Construction. Initiator and coauthor of the UNESCO program Lviv - Historic Center. Since 2012 Kuybida was elected the leader of People's Movement of Ukraine.

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election Kuybida received 0.06% of the vote.[4] He described his top priorities as "further strengthening and development of the democratic roots of Ukrainian national statehood; implementing the ideas of democracy, pluralism, social solidarity, and open society, rebuilding the national economy on the principles of a freely competitive market system, facilitating the development of private entrepreneurship, systemic agrarian reform, ensuring social security for every citizen, social assistance for those in need, pension reform, the cultural revival of Ukrainian society, of the Ukrainian people's national identity, of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of public life, and integration into the EU and NATO as a vital cornerstone of Ukraine's foreign policy."

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Куйбіда Василь Степанович" [Kuybida, Vasyl Stepanovych]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Куйбіда Василь Степанович" [Kuybida, Vasyl Stepanovych]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Куйбіда Василь Степанович" [Kuybida, Vasyl Stepanovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote - CEC". Radio Ukraine International. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
    (in Russian) Results election of Ukrainian president, Телеграф (29 May 2014)
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Lviv
1994–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of People's Movement of Ukraine
2012–2017 		Succeeded by
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