Vasyl Heorhiyovych Dzharty (Ukrainian: Василь Георгійович Джарти; 3 June 1958 – 17 August 2011) was a Ukrainian politician who served as Prime Minister of Crimea from 17 March 2010 until his death in August 2011.
Vasyl Dzharty | |
|---|---|
Василь Джарти | |
 Official portrait, 2007 | |
| Prime Minister of Crimea | |
| In office 17 March 2010 – 17 August 2011 | |
| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Viktor Plakida |
| Succeeded by | Anatolii Mohyliov |
| Minister of Natural Environment Protection | |
| In office 4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Pavlo Ihnatenko |
| Succeeded by | Heorhiy Filipchuk |
| Mayor of Makiivka | |
| In office January 2000 – November 2002 | |
| Governor | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 June 1958 Rozdolne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 17 August 2011 (aged 53) Yalta, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine |
| Political party | Party of Regions |
| Alma mater | |
Early life and career edit
Dzharty was born in 1958, in Rozdolne, a village in the Starobesheve district of Donetsk Oblast in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] His father was a miner.[2]
He completed his studies at Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. He then obtained a master's degree from Donetsk National Technical University in public administration.[2]
Political career edit
Dzharty served as the Donetsk Oblast's first deputy governor.[2] He then became Mayor of Makiivka, a city in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine.[2] He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, serving during its fifth and sixth sessions as a member of the Party of Regions.[2] From 2006 to 2007, Dzharty served as Ukraine's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources.[2]
Prime Minister of Crimea edit
Dzharty became the Prime Minister of Crimea on 17 March 2010, succeeding outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Plakida.[3] The Speaker of the Supreme Council of Crimea, Volodymyr Konstantinov, had nominated Dzharty, a member of the Party of Regions, as Crimea's next prime minister and chairman of the council of ministers.[3] As required by the Ukrainian Constitution, the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, had to personally approve of Dzharty's nomination, which he did.[3] The Supreme Council of Crimea, which acts as Crimea's parliament, overwhelmingly approved Dzharty's nomination on March 17, 2011.[3] 82 out of the 89 members of the Crimean parliament voted in favor of Dzharty's appointment as Prime Minister.[3] Dzharty simultaneously served as chairman of the Crimean branch of the Party of Regions.[4]
Dzharty was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010.[5] He sought treatment for the disease in Ukraine, Germany and Russia.[5] Dzharty died from lung cancer in Yalta on August 17, 2011, at the age of 53.[1][6] He was interred at Kozatske cemetery in the city of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on August 18, 2011.[1] A memorial service was also held in Simferopol.[5] On November 7, 2011 President Viktor Yanukovych appointed Anatolii Mohyliov as his successor as Prime Minister of Crimea.[7]
Accusations of criminal activity edit
According to the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko, in the 1990s Dzharty headed the Makiivka gang and was known in a criminal world as "Vasia the Bat" for his proficiency with a baseball bat in racketeering.[8][9]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Dzharty to be buried in Makiivka on August 18". Kyiv Post. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Makiyivka hosts memorial ceremony for Crimean Prime Minister Dzharty". Interfax-Ukraine. Kyiv Post. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Vasyl Dzharty of Regions Party heads Crimean government". Interfax-Ukraine. Kyiv Post. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ Crimean prime minister planning to join Regions Party again, Kyiv Post (9 November 2011)
- ^ a b c "Crimea prime minister Dzharty dies of cancer". BNO News. Channel 6 News. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Crimean Prime Minister Dzharty dies". Interfax-Ukraine. Kyiv Post. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ Yanukovych appoints Mohyliov to Crimean post, Kyiv Post (7 November 2011)
- ^ "Newspaper "Evening Herald"". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Lutsenko: Crimean Prime Minister in the past was "Vasia the Bat"". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.