Viktor Skomorokha Explained

Office:Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
Term Start:19 October 1999
Term End:18 October 2000
President:Leonid Kuchma
Nominator:Congress of Judges
Predecessor:Ivan Tymchenko
Successor:Mykola Selivon
Birth Date:7 February 1941
Birth Place:Matrosove, Solone Raion, Ukrainian SSR
Nationality:Ukrainian
Alma Mater:Kharkiv Law Institute (1963-67)
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (2001)
Occupation:Jurist
Native Name Lang:uk

Viktor Skomorokha (Ukrainian: Віктор Єгорович Скомороха) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. He became better known for chairing the Constitutional Court when it lifted a ban of the Communist Party of Ukraine.[1]

Skomorokha is from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. His working career he started at the Zhovtneva Revolyutsiya (October Revolution) kolkhoz in village of Promin. After his obligatory military service Skomorokha enrolled to the Kharkiv Law Institute. He graduated Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv Law Institute) in 1967 and after a brief internship-like training, until 1969 Skomorokha was a people's judge at the Krasnyi Luch city court.

In 1969 to 1976 Skomorokha worked as a judge at the Luhansk Oblast court. In 1976-1996 he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (judicial college on criminal matters). In 1996-2005 he was a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. In 1999 at the presidential inauguration Skomorokha was administering an oath from the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Alexei Trochev. Ukraine: Constitutional Court invalidates ban on Communist Party.
  2. https://photo.unian.net/eng/detail/1506.html Photo from the Presidential inauguration