Lev Biryuk is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th, 5th and 6th convocations of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.[1] In 2011 he was awarded with Order of Merit, III class.
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Biography
editLev Biryuk was born on May 31, 1946, in Horodnia, Chernihiv region.[2][3] In 1956 the family moved to Khmelnytsky.
Education
editLev Biryuk studied in secondary school No. 1 in Khmelnitsky, in 1988 he graduated from Kamenetz-Podolsk Pedagogical Institute (in absentia), as teacher of physical culture and sports.[3]
Career
edit- 1963–1967 – worked at a brick factory, at a press-forging equipment plant in Khmelnitsky[3]
- 1967–1969 – service in Soviet Army
- 1969–1977 – worked as electrician on ships, international routes, Novorossiysk Shipping Company
- 1977–1992 – assembly fitter, fitness instruktor at Khmelnitsk plant "Temp", senior lecturer at Khmelnitsk technical school No. 25
- 1990–2005 – assistant-consultant of People's Deputy of Ukraine
Politics
edit- March 2005–May 2006 – People's Deputy of the 4th Verkhovna Rada, elected from Yushchenko bloc "Our Ukraine», No. 76 in the list
- Member of the Social Policy and Labour Committee (since May 2005)
- March 2005 – BYuT fraction member
- May 2006–June 2007 – People's Deputy of the 5th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, elected from Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No. 111 in the list
- Member of the Social Policy and Labour Committee (since July 2006)
- May 2006 – BYuT fraction member
- November 2007 – People's Deputy of the 6th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, elected from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, No. 112 in the list[1]
- Chairman of the Subcommittee on the organization of Supreme Rada of Ukraine, Committee on Rules, Ethics and Support to Work of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
- Counting Board Member of the 6th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
- Member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United States of America
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Denmark
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Montenegro
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the South African Republic
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with France
- Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Italian Republic[4]
In 2012 he was not re-elected into parliament and did not appear on the party list of "Fatherland".[5][6][7]
Social activities
editA member of the People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh):
- Chairman of Khmelnytsky city organization of Rukh (in 1989–1999)
- Head of Organising Office of the Rukh Secretariat (1992–1993)
- Member of the Central Office of Rukh (1992–1999)
- Chairman of Khmelnytsky city organization of Rukh (1994–1997)
- Chairman of Khmelnitsky regional organization of Rukh (1997–1999)[2]
Family
editLev Biryuk is married with two children: daughter Julia and son Dmitry; his wife Nataliya is and engineer at "Oblpalyvo" company.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Biryuk Lev Vasilievich: brief biography". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ a b "Biryuk Lev Vasyliovych: biography". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ a b c "Лев Васильевич Бирюк".
- ^ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: Biryuk Lev Vasyliovych". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Повний список кандидатів у народні депутати від ВО "Батьківщина", Ukrayinska Pravda (30 July 2012)
- ^ (in Russian) Замена игроков: особенности ротаций в предвыборных списках-2012, polittech.org (15 August 2012)