In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovych and the family name is Kryzhanivsky.

Voldoymyr Petrovych Kryzhanivsky (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Крижанівський; born 24 January 1940) is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat who served as the first Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia from 1992 to 1994. Kryzhanivsky also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1992, representing Livoberezhnyi Masyv in Kyiv.

Early life and career

Kryzhanivsky was born in a family of civil servants on 24 January 1940 in Vinnytsia.[5]

In 1958, he was a student and had graduated from the Kyiv Engineering and Construction Institute (now the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture) with a specialisation in construction engineering.[6][7]

In 1963, he worked at Vykonrob BMU-18 as an engineer, and senior engineer. In 1965, he became the head of the team, engineer, chief specialist, and head of the department of the Institute of the Central Research Institute "Proektstalkonstruktsiya".

In 1984, he became the head of one of the departments of the Institute "Ukr. NII Projectstalkonstruktsiya".

Political career

Kryzhanivsky was nominated as a candidate for People's Deputy by the labour collective "UkrNDI proektstalkonstruktionsia". On 19 March 1990, he was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine with 48.80% of the vote in the second round of elections. Kryzhanivsky, the candidate of the opposition Democratic Bloc, faced ten opponents during the election. He later joined the Nova Ukraina faction, and was the chairman of the subcommittee of the commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on human rights.[8]

In 1991, he became the Plenipotentiary representative of Ukraine to Russia. On 11 March 1992, Kryzhanivsky became the first Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia.[9]

On 12 September 1994, he was dismissed as ambassador by President Leonid Kuchma[10] That same year, he became the executive director of MP "Plastic", based in Kyiv.

From 2007 to 2009, he was the chairman of the association "Vinnytsia in Kyiv".[11]

Political views

Kryzhanivsky in 2015

In January 2015, in an interview with journalists, he criticized the annexation of Crimea to Russia and stated that all ethnic Russians should be expelled from the region.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Про призначення Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Російській Федерації". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Про увільнення Крижанівського В.П. з посади Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Російській Федерації". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Крижанівський Володимир Петрович — Енциклопедія Сучасної України". esu.com.ua. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Крижанівський Володимир Петрович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Про призначення Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Російській Федерації". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Про увільнення Крижанівського В.П. з посади Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Російській Федерації". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Товариство "Вінничани у Києві"". vinnychany.kiev.ua. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Бывший украинский посол пригрозил выгнать всех русских из Крыма". Большой Ростов (in Russian). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Kryzhanivsky
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