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Ivan Plyushch
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| Secretary of the Security and Defense Council | |
| In office May 12, 2007 – November 26, 2007 |
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| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Vitaliy Haiduk |
| Succeeded by | Raisa Bohatyryova |
| Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office February 1, 2000 – May 14, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Oleksandr Tkachenko |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| In office December 5, 1991 – May 11, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Moroz |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office June 6, 1990 – December 5, 1991 |
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| Speaker | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Durdynets |
| In office 1985–1990 |
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| Speaker | Volodymyr Ivashko |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 1st convocation | |
| In office May 15, 1990 – May 10, 1994 |
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| Constituency | Communist Party of Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, District No.221 |
| 2nd convocation | |
| In office May 10, 1994 – May 12, 1998 |
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| Constituency | Independent, Chernihiv Oblast, District No.445 |
| 3rd convocation | |
| In office May 12, 1998 – May 14, 2002 |
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| Constituency | People's Democratic Party, No.3 |
| 4th convocation | |
| In office May 14, 2002 – May 25, 2006 |
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| Constituency | People's Democratic Party, Chernihiv Oblast, District No.209 |
| 6th convocation | |
| In office November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012 |
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| Constituency | Independent, No.23 |
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| Born | September 11, 1941 Borzna, Chernihiv Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | June 25, 2014 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine |
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Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch (Ukrainian: Іван Степанович Плющ; September 11, 1941 – June 25, 2014) was a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), from July 9 to July 23, 1990 (acting), from December 5, 1991, to May 11, 1994, and from February 1, 2000, to May 14, 2002.
Biography
Ivan Plyushch was born on September 11, 1941, in Borzna in Chernihiv Oblast. After graduation in 1959 from Borzna Agricultural College he started his professional career as a mid-level worker, an agronomist, and the head of a division in a few state farms (Ukrainian: radhosp) and collective farms (Ukrainian: kolhosp) in Baryshivka Raion. Between 1967 and 1974 Plyushch was the head of Kirov collective farm and the head of Lenin state farm in Baryshivka Raion. Between 1975 and 1977 he was in Kyiv working as a vice-deputy of a Kyiv Oblast regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Between 1977 and 1979 Plyushch studied in Moscow at the Central Committee of the Communist Party Academy of Social Science. After his studies he continued working in Kyiv in the divisions of the Communist Party of Kyiv Oblast. In 1984 he became the vice-head, and later the head of Kyiv Oblast Administration. In 1990 he was elected the head of Kyiv Oblast Rada.
In 1990 Plyushch was elected to the Supreme Council of Ukraine where he worked for four consecutive сonvocations. On three occasions he served as Chairman of the Supreme Council; July 9 to July 23, 1990 (acting), 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1994, and 1 February 2000, to 14 May 2002.
In 1994 Ivan Stepanovych participated in the presidential election. He won 1.29% votes, and took the 6th place out of 7 candidates. Leonid Kuchma was elected as the President in the election.
In the 2006 parliamentary elections, Plyushch was leading the electoral block named after him and Kostenko. The block won 1,87% of popular vote, short of the required 3% threshold, and obtained no seats in the parliament.
In May 2007 Plyushch was appointed secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council by President Viktor Yushchenko. Plyushch interpreted the council's responsibilities to include economic, environmental and energy security as well as military matters. This made it a key instrument in the President's efforts to assert his authority over the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, Plyushch was elected as a candidate of the President's Our Ukraine bloc. He opposed a coalition with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and he was dismissed as Security and Defence Council Secretary by the President in November 2007, shortly before Yanukovych was replaced as Prime Minister by Yulia Tymoshenko.
Plyushch became a creating member of Reforms for the Future in February 2011.
In the 2012 parliamentary elections Plyushch was not a candidate.
Plyushch died on June 25, 2014, at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.
Awards
- Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the State (2001)
- The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th (1996), 4th (2007) and 3rd (2011) Cl.
- Cross of Ivan Mazepa (2010)
