Serhiy Ryzhuk

Serhiy Ryzhuk
Сергій Рижук
Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast
In office
11 January 2004 – 3 February 2005
Preceded byMykola Rudchenko
Succeeded byPavlo Zhebrivskyi
In office
18 March 2010 – 2 March 2014
Preceded byYuriy Zabela
Succeeded bySydir Kizin
Ministry of Agrarian Policy
In office
2002 – 11 January 2004
Preceded byIvan Kyrylenko
Succeeded byViktor Slauta
Personal details
Born (1950-01-20) 20 January 1950
PartyParty of Regions
Alma materZhytomyr National Agro-Ecological University
NAASU Institute of Land Cultivation

Serhiy Mykolaiovych Ryzhuk (Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Рижук; born 20 January 1950)[1] is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada.

Early life

Ryzhuk was born on 20 January 1950 in Chudniv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[2] In 1975, he graduated from the Zhytomyr National Agro-Ecological University with a specialty as an economist-organizer.[2] Afterwords, he began his career as an economist of the collective farm of Ostrovsky withhin Chudniv. However, he soon switched his career to work in politics after this position.[2]

Political career

He first worked as an instructor of the Zhytomyr Regional Committee from 1976 to 1979, and was then promoted to being a second then first secretary of the same committee up until 1983.[2] He was then transferred to being first secretary of the northern Yemilchyne Raion within Zhytomyr Oblast, before returning to being an inspector of the central committee.[2] Up until the collapse of the Soviet Union, he worked as the First Deputy Head of the Agricultural Department of the Central Committee.[2]

Following its collapse, he worked within the newly formed Ministry of Agrarian Policy as its deputy head until 1992.[2] He then became director of the state cooperative association "Ukragroform" until 1996, before becoming briefly an assistant to President Leonid Kuchma.[2] He returned to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to become Deputy Minister of the Agro-Industrial Complex and then State Secretary of the ministry up until 2002.[2] In 2002, he was promoted to Minister of Agrarian Policy in the cabinet of Viktor Yanukovych, which he did until 2004.[2]

In 2004-2005 he also served as a Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast.[1]

In 2006-2010 Ryzhuk was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing Party of Regions.

In 2010-2014 he again served as a Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Рижук Сергій Миколайович" [Ryzhuk Sergiy Mykolayovych]. RegioNews (in Ukrainian). 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Рижук Сергій". LIGA.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
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