Vasyl Chervoniy

Vasyl Chervoniy Василь Червоній
Governor of Rivne Oblast
In office 2005–2006
Preceded by	Mykola Soroka
Succeeded by	Viktor Matchuk
Personal details
Born	Vasyl Mykhailovych Chervoniy (1958-08-17)17 August 1958 Pohorilivka, Berezne Raion, Ukrainian SSR
Died	4 July 2009(2009-07-04) (aged 50) Klevan, Rivne Raion, Ukraine
Political party	People's Movement of Ukraine Ukrainian People's Party
Alma mater	Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

Vasyl Mykhailovych Chervoniy (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Червоній; 17 August 1958 – 4 July 2009) was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, cultural activist and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada.

In 1981–1991 he worked at the factory "Rivne Azot". In 1988 Chervoniy was the first who created the Shevchenko Society of Ukrainian Language and in 1989 the first branch of the People's Movement of Ukraine.

In 1990–2005 Chervoniy was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing People's Movement of Ukraine (since 1999 Ukrainian People's Party). During the ongoing protests Ukraine without Kuchma, he was a member of the National Salvation Committee.

In 2005–2006 he served as a Governor of Rivne Oblast.

In 2008 Chervoniy ran unsuccessfully for a mayor of Rivne.

In 2009 near a pond in Derazhne village, he was struck by lightning. Chervoniy was taken to the Central Hospital of Rivne Raion in Klevan where he died.

External links

• Profile at the Official Ukraine Today portal