Lev Biryuk Explained

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.

Biography

Lev Biryuk was born on May 31, 1946, in Horodnia, Chernihiv region.^{[2] [3]} In 1956 the family moved to Khmelnytsky.

Education

Lev 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

• 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

• 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

A 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

Lev Biryuk is married with two children: daughter Julia and son Dmitry; his wife Nataliya is and engineer at "Oblpalyvo" company.^[1]

See also

• 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election
• List of Ukrainian Parliament Members 2007
• People's Movement of Ukraine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biryuk Lev Vasilievich: brief biography . 2011-10-21 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231427/http://ubop.net.ua/dose/biryuk-lev-vasilevich.html . 2012-04-24 .
2. Web site: Biryuk Lev Vasyliovych: biography . 2011-10-21 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082511/http://www.biryuklev.openua.net/bio.php . 2012-04-25 .
3. Web site: Лев Васильевич Бирюк.
4. Web site: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: Biryuk Lev Vasyliovych . 2011-10-21 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007024455/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=4403 . 2011-10-07 .
5. Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
6. Повний список кандидатів у народні депутати від ВО "Батьківщина", Ukrayinska Pravda (30 July 2012)
7. Замена игроков: особенности ротаций в предвыборных списках-2012, polittech.org (15 August 2012)