Mykola Rohozhynskyy

Mykola Volodymyrovych Rohozhynsky (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Рогожинський; born 28 August 1965) was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. He was a former chairperson of the Center for Juvenile Creativity, "Zvezdopad" also spelled "Zorepad" ("Starfall"), where more than 100 children aged from 5 to 18 study for free. Rogozhynsky was also a poet, his collection "If I could.." was nominated for the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature. When vying for the 2004 election, he promised to switch the Ukrainian economy through an innovative development model focused on the hi-tech sector, modernization of science and education, investment in intellectual and labor potential of a human being. His promise includes the turning of companies that comprise the geostrategic potential of Ukraine into joint-stock companies with a majority ownership by state.

In the first round of the election, he polled 10,242 votes, 0.03% of the total, and was eliminated from the second round.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.