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Vitaliy Boiko

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

Vitaliy Boiko
Віталій Бойко
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
In office
21 December 1994 – 24 October 2002
Preceded byHeorhiy Butenko
Succeeded byVasyl Malyarenko
Minister of Justice of Ukraine
In office
2 August 1990 – 20 March 1992
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk (from 1991)
Prime Minister
First SecretaryStanislav Hurenko (until 1991)
Preceded byVolodymyr Zaichuk
Succeeded byVolodymyr Kampo
Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova
In office
1993–1994
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYevhen Levytskyi (provisional)
Personal details
Born(1937-09-30)30 September 1937
Kropyvne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
DiedJanuary 30, 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 82)
Alma materKharkiv Law Institute
OccupationPolitician, jurist, diplomat

Vitaliy Fedorovych Boiko (Template:Lang-uk; 30 September 1937 – 30 January 2020[1]) was a Ukrainian lawyer, diplomat, and Minister of Justice.

Boiko was from Chernihiv Oblast. He graduated from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in 1963 and until 1976 worked as a judge in Dnipropetrovsk and then until 1986 as a judge in Donetsk.

In 1986 to 1992 Boiko worked in Ministry of Justice and held ministerial post. Concurrently with that he also headed the Central Electoral Commission. In 1993–1994 Boiko served as an Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova. In 1994–2002 he was a chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

He was awarded the Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine, the forerunner of the Order of Merit.

References

  1. ^ There died the first minister of Justice of Ukraine Vitaliy Boiko (Помер перший міністр юстиції України Віталій Бойко). UNIAN. 30 January 2020
Political offices
Preceded by
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 Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine
1989–1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice of Ukraine
1990–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
post created
 Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
1994–2002 		Succeeded by


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