Vasyl Protyvsikh (Ukrainian: Василь Противсіх) (born Vasyl Vasylyovych Humenyuk, Ukrainian: Василь Васильович Гуменюк, born October 16, 1946[1]) is a Ukrainian politician. He is best known as a self-nominated candidate in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, for which he changed his second name to Protyvsikh (ukr. for "Against all").[2] During the 2010 election he received 0.16% of the votes.[3]
Vasyl Protyvsikh | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | October 16, 1946 Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Political party | Independent |
Biography
editVasyliy Humenyuk completed a law degree at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv after serving in the Soviet army.[4] As a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine (although he insist he "never was and never will be a Leninist"[5]) Humenyuk was mayor of Yaremche from 1984 until the first democratic local elections in Ukraine in 1991.[6] Later he headed the customs service in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[4] Humenyuk was numbered number 23 at party list of the electoral bloc KUCHMA during the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[6]
Vasyliy nominated himself for the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.[2] On October 2, 2009 he changed his second name to Protyvsikh, that can be translated as "Against-everyone".[2] Protyvsikh changed his surname to “express the opinions of all those citizens that are against all candidates and the disorder that Ukraine currently finds itself in”.[7]
Protyvsikh claims "friends from around the world" assisted him in obtained the ₴2.5 million deposit needed for his registration as presidential candidate. Protyvsikh considered Yulia Tymoshenko his main opponent in the presidential elections.[8]
Currently[when?] Protyvsikh is president of the Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber of Commerce.[2] Protyvsikh wants Ukraine to have a banking system as Switzerland.[9]
In the 2012 parliamentary elections, he ran in the 83rd electoral district (Ivano-Frankivsk) as a self-nominated candidate, and took 8th place among 10 candidates with 627 votes (0.62%).[10]
References
edit- ^ (in Ukrainian) Він, вона, воно - і проти всіх, 1+1 (November 8, 2009)
- ^ a b c d CEC registers two more candidates for Ukraine's president, Interfax-Ukraine (November 6, 2009)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) ЦВК оприлюднила офіційні результати 1-го туру виборів, Gazeta.ua (January 25, 2010)
- ^ a b Political Pulse: Presidential field takes shape, Kyiv Post (November 11, 2009)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Василь Противсіх з Івано-Франківська хоче стати Президентом України, взявши за приклад «бацька» Лукашенка, з якого колись теж сміялись, Z I K (November 5, 2009)
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Василь Противсіх: колгоспник Лукашенко став президентом, чим я гірший? Archived 2009-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, ZAXID.NET (November 6, 2009)
- ^ Three candidates united by disgust with authorities, Kyiv Post (November 19, 2009)
- ^ Protyvsikh considers Tymoshenko his main opponent in presidential elections, Kyiv Post (November 10, 2009)
- ^ Protyvsikh votes for 'Ukrainian Switzerland', Kyiv Post (January 17, 2010)
- ^ "Одномандатний виборчий округ №83 — ІАС "Вибори народних депутатів України 2012"". Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2013.