Viktor Matchuk
Viktor Matchuk Віктор Матчук | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 12 February 2010 – 3 July 2012 | |
| Governor of Rivne Oblast | |
| In office 18 May 2006 – 12 February 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Vasyl Chervoniy |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Blahodyr (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viktor Yosypovych Matchuk 5 June 1959 |
| Party | Our Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
Viktor Yosypovych Matchuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Йосипович Матчук; born 5 June 1959) is a Ukrainian electrical engineer and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada.
Early life
Matchuk was born on 5 June 1959 in Rivne, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[1] In 1982, he graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) with a spepcialty in industrial electronics, thus qualifying him for the job of an engineer.[1] He then worked as a controller of radio equipment at the "Radiopribor" plant in Kyiv, before returning to study as a postgraduate student at KPI, where he earned his Candidate of Technical Sciences degree in 1986, simultaneously working as a junior research associate at the time at KPI.[1]
Following this, he worked as the head of the design bureau for the Rivne Radio Engineering Plant and a part-time lecturer at the Ukrainian Institute of Water Management Engineers before switching to business in 1990.[1] He first worked as director of the "Vostok-Prohama" enterprise in Rivne, and then from 1992-2006 he worked as a director at the "Renome" company.[1]
Political career
From 1998 to 2002 he served as a deputy on the Rivne City Council, chairing the budget and finance committee.[2] Then, from 2002 to 2010, he served as a deputy on the Rivne Oblast Council, where he was head of the "Our Ukraine" faction.[2]
Fromm January to May 2006, he was head of the Rivne city organization for Our Ukraine.[2] Then, from 2006-2010, Matchuk served as a Governor of Rivne Oblast. In 2010-2012 he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing Our Ukraine.[2]