Leonid Ivanovych Hrach (Ukrainian: Леоні́д Іва́нович Гра́ч), also as Leonid Ivanovich Grach (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Гра́ч), is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian politician.
Leonid Hrach | |
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Леоні́д Гра́ч | |
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| Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea | |
| In office May 14, 1998 – April 29, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoliy Hrytsenko |
| Succeeded by | Boris Deich |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 4th convocation | |
| In office May 14, 2002[1] – May 25, 2006 | |
| Constituency | Communist Party of Ukraine, 11th on party list |
| 5th convocation | |
| In office May 25, 2006[2] – November 23, 2007 | |
| Constituency | Communist Party of Ukraine, 19th on party list |
| 6th convocation | |
| In office November 23, 2007[3] – December 12, 2012 | |
| Constituency | Communist Party of Ukraine, 21st on party list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1948 Brodetske village, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
Biography edit
Hrach was born in a town of Brodetske, Vinnytsia Oblast on 1 January 1948.
He was a chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea in 1998–2002 and the 1st secretary of the Crimean republican committee of CPU in 1991. Hrach stayed the leader of communists in Crimea until 2010 when he was officially excluded from communists ranks by leadership of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, Hrach joined the Russian political party Communists of Russia along with the Crimean republican committee of the Communist Marxist–Leninist Party of Ukraine.[4]
See also edit
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References edit
- ^ Leonid Hrach at the Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ Leonid Hrach at the Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ Leonid Hrach at the Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ The legendary Leonid Grach became a head of the Crimean regional department of the Communist of Russia party. Communists of Russia website. 5 April 2014
External links edit
- Leonid Hrach personal website as member of the Communists of Russia
- Crimean Oblast at the Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898–1991
- Crimean ASSR at the Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898–1991
- Ukraine at worldstatesmen.org
- Matola, V. In Ukraine are registered 14 pro-Russian parties. The Ukrainian Week. 21 May 2013.