Oleksandr Zinchenko (politician)

Oleksandr Zinchenko
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Олександр Зінченко
	Zinchenko in 2005
Head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine
	In office; 11 February 2009 – 17 March 2010
Preceded by	Yuriy Aleksieiev
Succeeded by	Yuriy Aleksieiev
State Secretary of Ukraine
	In office; 24 January 2005 – 6 September 2005
President	Viktor Yushchenko
Preceded by	Viktor Medvedchuk
Succeeded by	Oleh Rybachuk
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	In office; 12 May 1998 – 17 March 2005
Constituency	Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), No. 7 (1998–2002); Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), No. 3 (2002–2005);
Personal details
Born	16 April 1957; Slavuta, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	9 June 2010 (aged 53); Kyiv, Ukraine
Resting place	Baikove Cemetery and Russian Academy of Public Service
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1983–1992); SDPU(o) (1998–2003); Our Ukraine (2005); Union of Patriotic Forces; Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc;
Alma mater	Chernivtsi University

Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Zinchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олексійович Зінченко; 16 April 1957 – 9 June 2010) was a Ukrainian politician who was Director-General of the National Space Agency of Ukraine from 2009 to 2010. Oleksandr Zinchenko had a controversial career that includes Soviet Komsomol leadership, business in Russia and Ukraine, participation in the pro-Leonid Kuchma Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), survival of cancer and joining the anti-Kuchma opposition.

Zinchenko was an Academician of the National TV Academy of Ukraine and has received the Honored Journalist of Ukraine award. He was married to a TV host, Iryna, and had two daughters, Kateryna and Oleksandra.