Mykhailo Chechetov

Mykhailo Chechetov
Mykhailo Chechetov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
2nd convocation
In office
May 11, 1994 – May 12, 1998
Constituency Independent, Donetsk Oblast, District No.125[1]
5th convocation
In office
May 25, 2006 – November 23, 2007
Constituency Party of Regions, No.112[2]
6th convocation
In office
November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012
Constituency Party of Regions, No.135[3]
7th convocation
In office
December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014
Constituency Party of Regions, No.21[4]

Mykhailo Vasylyovych Chechetov (Ukrainian: Михайло Васильович Чечетов; October 3, 1953 – February 27, 2015) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a former first deputy head of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[5] Chechetov committed suicide on February 27, 2015.[6]

Biography

Chechetov was born 3 October 1953 in the village of Lyubimovka (Korenevsky District) in current Russia; then the village was part of the USSR (as was Ukraine).[7][nb 1] In 1979 he graduated from Kharkiv Engineering and Economics Institute with a degree in economics and organization of mining industry.[7] From 1971 1982 till he worked as a mechanic in a coal mine in Yenakiyevo.[7] And from 1982 till 1994 Chechetov was a teacher at Kharkiv engineering economic institute.[7]

From 1994 till 1997 Chechetov was a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.[7] in the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1994 he was elected into parliament and joined the faction Socio-market choice.[7] In 1998 and 1999 he served as Deputy Minister of Economy.[7] From September 1999 to April 2003 Chechetov was First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine.[7] From 1998 to 2005 Chechetov was a member of various economic commissions under President Kuchma.[7] In the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006, Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 and Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012 he returned to parliament for Party of Regions.[7] After 2012 he became first deputy head of the party's parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[5][7] Chechetov did not take part in the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2014.[7]

On January 20, 2015, the General Prosecutor's Office claimed Chechetov a suspect on suspicion of abuse of power and forgery.[7] On February 21 he was bailed out for almost 5 million hryvnia.[7]

Chechetov committed suicide on the night of February 27, 2015, by jumping from the window of his apartment, located on the 17th floor.[6] He left behind his wife Natalia Chechetov (born in 1954 and an employee of the Ukrainian parliament) and his daughter Tatiana Chechetov-Terashvili (born 1979 and a lecturer of the Kharkiv National University of Economics).[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union since 1920 till Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the II convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 Petro Poroshenko Bloc: fragmentation, The Ukrainian Week (8 March 2016)
  6. 1 2 Yanukovych’s ally Chechetov commits suicide under house arrest
    Case of MP Chechetov's suicide closed due to absence of event of crime – Kyiv police
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  8. ↑ A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples by Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto Press, 2010, ISBN 1442610212 (page 563/564 & 722/723)
Government offices
Preceded by
Oleksandr Bondar		 Director of State Property Fund of Ukraine
2003–2005		 Succeeded by
Valentyna Semenyuk-Samsonenko
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