Vitaliy Kononov
Vitaliy Kononov | |
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Віталій Кононов | |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 12 May 1998 – 14 May 2002 | |
| Constituency | Party of Greens of Ukraine, No. 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1950 |
| Party | Party of Greens of Ukraine |
| Profession | Engineer (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute) |
Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kononov (Ukrainian: Віталій Миколайович Кононов; born 2 April 1950) is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician and environmental activist who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Party of Greens of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002, heading the party's electoral list.
Early life
Kononov was born on 2 April 1950 in Kobuleti, which was then part of the Georgian SSR in the Soviet Union.[1] His father, Mykola, was a military serviceman and his mother, Tetiana, was a physician and pensioner.[1] In 1974, Kononov graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute within the Faculty of Chemical Technology, receiving the specialty of technologist of organic synthesis.[1]
After graduating, he worked at the Ukrainian branch of the Dolgoprudnensky OPU of the all-union trust "Orghim" (a chemical product producer) as a master and later head of a section until 1990.[1] Then, from 1990 to 1997, he worked at the cruise company "Chervona Ruta" in Kyiv (who also founded the Chervona Ruta festival), serving as its Deputy Director.[1]
Political career
In 1990, he became a member of the Party of Greens of Ukraine (PZU).[1] From 1990 to 1992 he served as its co-chairman, and then from 1992 to 2006 served as its chairman and was involved in the apparatus of the party.[1] He also became a deputy of the Kyiv City Council, where he was a member of the cultural commission, serving for one term from 1990 to 1994.[1] During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected from the PZU as candidate no. 1 on the party list, serving as the head of the PZU parliamentary faction, until his term ended in April 2001.[1]
Kononov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Party of Greens of Ukraine, which he then chaired. He was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, and been concerned with issues such as youth politics, physical training and sport. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Board of Ukrainian-wide union of democratic forces "Consent". He was also a presidential candidate in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election, receiving 0.29% of the votes[2] and finished 11th of 13 candidates.
In his election program, Kononov supports transition to parliamentary-presidential government, and he actively speaks in support of environmental protection.