Volodymyr Rybak (politician, born 1946)

Volodymyr Rybak
Володимир Рибак
Rybak in 2013
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
December 13, 2012  February 22, 2014
Preceded byVolodymyr Lytvyn
Succeeded byOleksandr Turchynov
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
for Construction, Architecture and Communal Living
In office
August 4, 2006  March 21, 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byPavlo Kachur (as minister of Construction, Architecture, and Communal Living)
Succeeded byVolodymyr Yatsuba (as minister of Regional Development and Construction)
Oleksandr Popov (as minister of Communal Living)
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
March 21, 2007  December 18, 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
12 May 1998  27 November 2014
2nd Mayor of Donetsk
In office
September 1993  31 March 2002
Preceded byYukhym Zvyahilsky
Succeeded byOleksandr Lukyanchenko
Leader of Party of Regional Revival
of Ukraine
In office
October 1997  2001
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byMykola Azarov
Personal details
Born
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak

(1946-10-03) October 3, 1946
Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyParty of Regions
Alma materDonetsk State University
OccupationPolitician and doctor of economic science
Websiteiportal.rada.gov.ua

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Рибак; born 3 October 1946) is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 13 December 2012 to 22 February 2014. Volodymyr Rybak is also the original leader of the predecessor of the Party of Regions, the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. He is a Merited Builder of Ukraine (1995).