Mykhailo Chechetov

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylyovych and the family name is Chechetov.
Mykhailo Chechetov
Михайло Чечетов
Member of the Verkhonva Rada
In office
25 May 2006 – 27 November 2014
In office
11 May 1994 – 12 May 1998
Personal details
Born
Mykhailo Vasylyovych Chechetov

3 October 1953
Lyubimovka, Russia, Soviet Union
Died28 February 2015(2015-02-28) (aged 61)[1]
Kyiv, Ukraine

Mykhailo Vasylyovych Chechetov (Ukrainian: Михайло Васильович Чечетов; October 3, 1953 – February 28, 2015) was a Russian-born Ukrainian politician. He was a former first deputy head of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[2] Chechetov committed suicide on February 27, 2015.[3]

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).[4][nb 1] In 1979 he graduated from Kharkiv Engineering and Economics Institute with a degree in economics and organization of mining industry.[4] From 1971 1982 till he worked as a mechanic in a coal mine in Yenakiyevo.[4] And from 1982 till 1994 Chechetov was a teacher at Kharkiv engineering economic institute.[4]

From 1994 till 1997 Chechetov was a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.[4] in the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected into parliament and joined the faction Socio-market choice.[4] In 1998 and 1999 he served as Deputy Minister of Economy.[4] From September 1999 to April 2003 Chechetov was First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine.[4] From 1998 to 2005 Chechetov was a member of various economic commissions under President Kuchma.[4] In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he returned to parliament for Party of Regions.[4] After 2012 he became first deputy head of the party's parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[2][4] Chechetov did not take part in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[4]


Chechetov in 2012-13


On January 20, 2015, the General Prosecutor's Office claimed Chechetov a suspect on suspicion of abuse of power and forgery.[4] On February 21 he was bailed out for almost ₴5 million.[4]

Chechetov committed suicide on the night of February 27, 2015, by jumping from the window of his apartment, located on the 17th floor.[3] 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).[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ "У МВС підтверджують загибель Чечетова | УКРІНФОРМ". 2015-04-06. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ a b Petro Poroshenko Bloc: fragmentation, The Ukrainian Week (8 March 2016)
  3. ^ a b 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
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  5. ^ 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 Director of State Property Fund of Ukraine
2003–2005 		Succeeded by
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