Vitaliy Kononov | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
Termstart: | 12 May 1998 |
Termend: | 14 May 2002 |
Constituency: | Party of Greens of Ukraine, No. 1 |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1950 |
Birth Place: | Kobuleti, Adjarian ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Adjara, Georgia) |
Profession: | Engineer (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute) |
Party: | Party of Greens of Ukraine |
Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kononov (Ukrainian: Віталій Миколайович Кононов; born 2 April 1950) is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician and environmental activist who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Party of Greens of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002, heading the party's electoral list.
Kononov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Party of Greens of Ukraine, which he then chaired. He was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, and been concerned with issues such as youth politics, physical training and sport. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Board of Ukrainian-wide union of democratic forces "Consent". He was also a presidential candidate in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election, receiving 0.29% of the votes[1] and finished 11th of 13 candidates.
In his election program, Kononov supports transition to parliamentary-presidential government, and he actively speaks in support of environmental protection.