Volodymyr Kistion | |
Office: | Vice Prime Minister (on Energy, Ecology, and use of Natural Resources)[1] |
Primeminister: | Volodymyr Groysman |
Term Start: | 14 April 2016[2] |
Term End: | 29 August 2019 |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1965 |
Birth Place: | Dovzhok, Yampil Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
Nationality: | Ukrainian |
Occupation: | Biochemist, statesman |
Alma Mater: | Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture Odesa Regional Institute of State Administration (branch of the National Academy for Public Administration |
Volodymyr Yevseviiovych Kistion (Ukrainian: Володимир Євсевійович Кістіон; 31 May 1965 in Dovzhok, Vinnytsia Oblast) is a Ukrainian biochemist and politician.
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Kistion ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Ukrainian parliament in Ukraine's 11th electoral district, based in Vinnytsia.[3] He came in fifth place, receiving 9.37% of the overall vote.[4] Maksym Pashkovsky, a candidate from the Servant of the People party, won 26.39% of the vote and took first place.[5] After this election, Kistion, as the next in line, took the seat in the Vinnytsia Oblast Regional Parliament of a European Solidarity MP who was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament).[6]