Serhii Kivalov

Serhii Vasylovych Kivalov (Ukrainian: Сергій Васильович Ківалов; born 1 May 1954) is a Ukrainian politician and jurist who served as the head of Central Election Commission during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which led to the Orange Revolution.[1][2]

Serhii Kivalov
Сергій Ківалов
Kivalov in 2015
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
29 March 1998  4 March 2004
Preceded by
Succeeded byAnton Kisse
Constituency
  • Odesa Oblast, No. 135 (1998–2002)
  • Odesa Oblast, No. 136 (2002–2004)
In office
25 May 2006  21 July 2019
Preceded byConstituency re-established (2012)
Succeeded byOleksiy Leonov
Constituency
  • Party of Regions, No. 27 (2006–2007)
  • Party of Regions, No. 28 (2007–2012)
  • Odesa Oblast, No. 135 (2012–2019)
4th Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine
In office
19 February 2004  8 December 2004
Preceded byMykhailo Ryabets
Succeeded byYaroslav Davydovych
2nd Chairman of the Supreme Council of Justice of Ukraine
In office
25 May 2001  10 March 2004
Preceded byValery Yevdokimov
Succeeded byMykola Shelest
Personal details
Born (1954-05-01) 1 May 1954
Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Moldova[lower-alpha 1])
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Party of Regions (until 2014)
Alma materUral State Law University
AwardsFull cavalier of the Order of Merit, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (4th and 5th classes), Order of Independence, National Order of the Cedar, Order of Friendship, Medal of Pushkin, Medal of Zhukov

Along with Vadym Kolesnichenko, he is the co-author of the bill On principles of the state language policy adopted in 2012.

From the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election until the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Kivalov was a member of the Verkhovna Rada.[3] In 2019 he lost re-election as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 135 (Odesa Oblast).[4]

Notes

  1. Though internationally recognised as part of Moldova, Tiraspol is de facto controlled by and serves as capital of the unrecognised Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (better known as Transnistria).

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