Vitaliy Boiko

Vitaliy Boiko (30 September 1937 – 30 January 2020[1]) was a Ukrainian lawyer, diplomat, and Minister of Justice.

Vitaliy Boiko
Minister of Justice of Ukraine
In office
2 August 1990 – 20 March 1992
Prime MinisterVitold Fokin
Preceded byVolodymyr Zaichuk
Succeeded byVolodymyr Kampo
Central Electoral Commission
In office
1989–1993
Succeeded byIvan Yemets
Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova
In office
1993–1994
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Preceded bynew post
Succeeded byYevhen Levytskyi (provisional)
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
In office
21 December 1994 – 24 October 2002
Preceded byHeorhiy Butenko
Succeeded byVasyl Malyarenko
Personal details
Born(1937-09-30)September 30, 1937
Kropyvne, Nizhyn Raion, Ukrainian SSR
DiedJanuary 30, 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 82)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKharkiv Law Institute
OccupationPolitician, jurist, diplomat

Boiko was from Chernihiv Oblast. He graduated from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in 1963 and until 1976 worked as a judge in Dnipropetrovsk and then until 1986 as a judge in Donetsk.

In 1986 to 1992 Boiko worked in Ministry of Justice and held ministerial post. Concurrently with that he also headed the Central Electoral Commission. In 1993–1994 Boiko served as an Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova. In 1994–2002 he was a chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

He was awarded the Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine, the forerunner of the Order of Merit.

References
  1. There died the first minister of Justice of Ukraine Vitaliy Boiko (Помер перший міністр юстиції України Віталій Бойко). UNIAN. 30 January 2020
Political offices
Preceded by
?		 Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine
1989–1993		 Succeeded by
Ivan Yemets
Preceded by
Volodymyr Zaichuk		 Minister of Justice of Ukraine
1990–1992		 Succeeded by
Volodymyr Kampo
Preceded by
post created		 Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova
1993–1994		 Succeeded by
Yevhen Levytsky
Preceded by
Heorhiy Butenko		 Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
1994–2002		 Succeeded by
Vasyl Malyarenko


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