Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kononov (Ukrainian: Віталій Миколайович Кононов; born 2 April 1950) is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician and environmental activist who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Party of Greens of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002, heading the party's electoral list.
Vitaliy Kononov | |
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Віталій Кононов | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 12 May 1998 – 14 May 2002 | |
Constituency | Party of Greens of Ukraine, No. 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Kobuleti, Adjarian ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Adjara, Georgia) | 2 April 1950
Political party | Party of Greens of Ukraine |
Profession | Engineer (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute) |
Political career
editKononov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Party of Greens of Ukraine, which he then chaired. He was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, and been concerned with issues such as youth politics, physical training and sport. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Board of Ukrainian-wide union of democratic forces "Consent". He was also a presidential candidate in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election, receiving 0.29% of the votes[1] and finished 11th of 13 candidates.
In his election program, Kononov supports transition to parliamentary-presidential government, and he actively speaks in support of environmental protection.
References
edit- ^ Day, Alan John; East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (2002). A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe. Psychology Press. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-85743-063-9. Retrieved 11 May 2011.