Vitaliy Boiko
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Vitaliy Boiko | |
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Minister of Justice of Ukraine | |
In office 2 August 1990 – 20 March 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Vitold Fokin |
Preceded by | Volodymyr Zaichuk |
Succeeded by | Volodymyr Kampo |
Central Electoral Commission | |
In office 1989–1993 | |
Succeeded by | Ivan Yemets |
Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova | |
In office 1993–1994 | |
President | Leonid Kravchuk |
Preceded by | new post |
Succeeded by | Yevhen Levytskyi (provisional) |
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine | |
In office 21 December 1994 – 24 October 2002 | |
Preceded by | Heorhiy Butenko |
Succeeded by | Vasyl Malyarenko |
Personal details | |
Born | Kropyvne, Nizhyn Raion, Ukrainian SSR | September 30, 1937
Died | January 30, 2020citation needed] | (aged 82)[
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | Kharkiv Law Institute |
Occupation | Politician, jurist, diplomat |
Vitaliy Boiko (30 September 1937 – 30[citation needed] 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
External links
- History of Ministry of Justice. Ministry of Justice of Ukraine website.
- Vitaliy Boiko at the Official Ukraine Today
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