Volodymyr Kistion Explained

Volodymyr Kistion
Office:Vice Prime Minister
(on Energy, Ecology, and use of Natural Resources)[1]
Primeminister:Volodymyr Groysman
Term Start:14 April 2016[2]
Term End:29 August 2019
Birth Date:31 May 1965
Birth Place:Dovzhok, Yampil Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Nationality:Ukrainian
Occupation:Biochemist, statesman
Alma Mater:Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Odesa Regional Institute of State Administration (branch of the National Academy for Public Administration

Volodymyr Yevseviiovych Kistion (Ukrainian: Володимир Євсевійович Кістіон; 31 May 1965 in Dovzhok, Vinnytsia Oblast) is a Ukrainian biochemist and politician.

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Kistion ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Ukrainian parliament in Ukraine's 11th electoral district, based in Vinnytsia.[3] He came in fifth place, receiving 9.37% of the overall vote.[4] Maksym Pashkovsky, a candidate from the Servant of the People party, won 26.39% of the vote and took first place.[5] After this election, Kistion, as the next in line, took the seat in the Vinnytsia Oblast Regional Parliament of a European Solidarity MP who was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament).[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170201195613/http://ukranews.com/ua/news/423628-u-kabmini-pryznachyly-vidpovidalnykh-za-nauku-i-za-energetyku In the Cabinet were appointed responsible for science and for energy (У Кабміні призначили відповідальних за науку і за енергетику)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170201195257/http://ukranews.com/ua/news/422293-rada-zatverdyla-novyy-kabmin-groysmana Rada approved the new Groysman Government (full list, photo) (Рада затвердила новий Кабмін Гройсмана (повний список, фото))
  3. Web site: 2019-07-23 . Віцепрем'єр Кістіон і міністр екології Семерак програли мажоритарку . 2024-02-12 . lb.ua.
  4. Web site: Віцепрем'єр Кістіон і міністр екології Семерак програли мажоритарку.
  5. Web site: Віцепрем'єр Кістіон і міністр екології Семерак програли мажоритарку.
  6. Web site: Чим займаються Гройсман, Кістіон, Рева, Саєнко, Омелян та інші ексміністри.