Oleksandr Zinchenko (politician)
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksiyovych and the family name is Zinchenko.
Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Zinchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олексійович Зінченко; 16 April 1957 – 9 June 2010) was a Ukrainian politician who was Director-General of the National Space Agency of Ukraine from 2009 to 2010. Oleksandr Zinchenko had a controversial career that includes Soviet Komsomol leadership, business in Russia and Ukraine, participation in the pro-Leonid Kuchma Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), survival of cancer and joining the anti-Kuchma opposition.[1]
Quick Facts Head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Preceded by ...
Oleksandr Zinchenko | |
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Олександр Зінченко | |
Head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine | |
In office 11 February 2009 – 17 March 2010 | |
Preceded by | Yuriy Aleksieiev [uk] |
Succeeded by | Yuriy Aleksieiev |
State Secretary of Ukraine | |
In office 24 January 2005 – 6 September 2005 | |
President | Viktor Yushchenko |
Preceded by | Viktor Medvedchuk |
Succeeded by | Oleh Rybachuk |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 12 May 1998 – 17 March 2005 | |
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Born | (1957-04-16)16 April 1957 Slavuta, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
Died | 9 June 2010(2010-06-09) (aged 53) Kyiv, Ukraine |
Resting place | Baikove Cemetery and Russian Academy of Public Service |
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Alma mater | Chernivtsi University |
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Zinchenko was an Academician of the National TV Academy of Ukraine and has received the Honored Journalist of Ukraine award. He was married to a TV host, Iryna, and had two daughters, Kateryna and Oleksandra.[2]