| Office: | Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada |
| Term Start: | December 13, 2012 |
| Term End: | February 22, 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| Successor: | Oleksandr Turchynov |
| Office4: | Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Construction, Architecture and Communal Living |
| Term Start4: | August 4, 2006 |
| Term End4: | March 21, 2007 |
| Primeminister4: | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Predecessor4: | Pavlo Kachur (as minister of Construction, Architecture, and Communal Living) |
| Successor4: | Volodymyr Yatsuba (as minister of Regional Development and Construction) Oleksandr Popov (as minister of Communal Living) |
| Office5: | Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine |
| Term Start5: | March 21, 2007 |
| Term End5: | December 18, 2007 |
| Primeminister5: | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Office6: | Leader of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine |
| Term Start6: | October 1997 |
| Term End6: | 2001 |
| Predecessor6: | position created |
| Successor6: | Mykola Azarov |
| Birth Name: | Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak Володимир Васильович Рибак |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Stalino, Ukrainian SSR |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Party: | Party of Regions |
| Alma Mater: | Donetsk State University |
| Occupation: | Politician and doctor of economic science |
| Website: | iportal.rada.gov.ua |
| Office7: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
| Convocation7: | 3rd convocation |
| Constituency7: | Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine, District No.45, Donetsk Oblast[1] |
| Term Start7: | May 12, 1998 |
| Term End7: | May 14, 2002 |
| Convocation8: | 4th convocation |
| Constituency8: | Party of Regions, District No.45, Donetsk Oblast[2] |
| Term Start8: | May 14, 2002 |
| Term End8: | May 25, 2006 |
| Convocation9: | 5th convocation |
| Constituency9: | Party of Regions, No.13[3] |
| Term Start9: | May 25, 2006 |
| Term End9: | September 12, 2006 |
| Convocation10: | 6th convocation |
| Constituency10: | Party of Regions, No.13[4] |
| Term Start10: | November 23, 2007 |
| Term End10: | December 12, 2012 |
| Convocation11: | 7th convocation |
| Constituency11: | Party of Regions, No.10[5] |
| Term Start11: | December 12, 2012 |
| Term End11: | November 27, 2014 |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Volodymyr Rybak | |
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Рибак; born 3 October 1946)[6] [7] is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 13 December 2012[8] to 22 February 2014. Volodymyr Rybak is also the original leader of the predecessor of the Party of Regions, the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. He is a Merited Builder of Ukraine (1995).
Born in Stalino (now Donetsk), Rybak graduated from the Department of Economy at Donetsk State University in 1973, eventually receiving a doctorate in economics.[6] [7] He served as chairman of the city council, executive committee and mayor of Donetsk from 1993 to 2002.[7] Rybak was co-organizer and first chairman of the Party of Regions between 1997 and 2001.[7] [9] In the 2002 parliamentary elections Rybak was elected into the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), he was reelected in the 2006, 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2012 parliamentary election.[7] In 2012 he was placed tenth on the national party list of Party of Regions.
Rybak was Vice Premier of Ukraine and Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utility minister (August 4, 2006 till March 21, 2007) and Vice Premier of Ukraine (March 21, 2007 till December 18, 2007) in the Second Yanukovych Government.[6]
On 13 December 2012 (following the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election) he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.[8] [7] He resigned on 22 February 2014 citing ill health and amidst the "2014 Ukrainian revolution".[10] [11]
Rybak did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election,[12] nor in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[13]