Yuriy Kryvoruchko (politician)

Yuriy Zenoviyovych Kryvoruchko (Ukrainian: Юрій Зеновійович Криворучко) (born 14 July 1966 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian politician, psychiatrist, lawyer and activist.

Yuriy Kryvoruchko
Юрій Зеновійович Криворучко
2008
People's Deputy of Ukraine
3rd convocation
In office
12 May 1998 – 14 May 2002
4th convocation
In office
16 March 2005 – 25 May 2006
Personal details
Born (1966-07-14) July 14, 1966
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyPeople's Movement of Ukraine
Other political
affiliations		Social-National Party of Ukraine
Alma materDanylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University (1989)
Lviv University (1998)
OccupationPsychiatrist, jurist

Early life and education

Yuriy Kryvoruchko was born on July 14, 1966, in Lviv.

In 1989 he graduated from the Lviv Medical Institute with a degree in psychiatry.[1]

From 1992 to 1998 he studied at the Faculty of Law of Ivan Franko Lviv State University. In 2005 he obtained Candidate of Sciences degree.[2]

Activism

While still studying at the institute, in 1988, he was elected as chairman of the faculty branch of the Ukrainian Language Society, which was engaged in the struggle for teaching in the Ukrainian language.

In 1989 he took part in the creation of People's Movement of Ukraine. In 1990 he participated in the Revolution on Granite.

From 1990 to 1992 he was head of the paramilitary organization "Guard of the Movement". In 1991, he took part in the January events in Vilnius as a volunteer and organizer of humanitarian aid.[3]

Since 1992 - Chairman of the Board of the Young Ukraine Foundation.[1]

Political career

In 1991, together with Yaroslav Andrushkiv, Andriy Parubiy and Oleh Tyahnybok, he founded the Social National Party of Ukraine (SNPU).[4] Yuriy Kryvoruchko was a public leader and was responsible for ideological work.

In 1992 he served as a senior officer in the Department of Psychology of the Social and Psychological Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.[1]

From 1994 to 1997 he was serving as a member of the Lviv Regional Council of the II democratic convocation.

In 1997 he left the SNPU without conflicts due to a different vision of its development with the leadership and joined the People's Movement of Ukraine.

At the 1998 parliamentary elections, he was elected into the national parliament.[5]

From 1995 to 2009 he was a member of the National Council for Youth Policy.

Since 2003 he has held the position of Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Youth Organizations of Ukraine, and since 2004 - Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian National Committee of Youth Organizations.

He took part in the 2004 Orange Revolution.[6] In 2006 he became the chairman of the Ukrainian Youth Forum.

At the 2002 parliamentary elections, he was reelected into the national parliament.[7]

Awards

References
  1. "Довідка: Криворучко Юрій Зеновійович". dovidka.com.ua. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. "Криворучко Юрій Зіновійович". irbis-nbuv.gov.ua. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  3. "Президент Литви нагородив групу українців – захисників Вільнюса 1991 року. ФОТО". Новинарня (in Ukrainian). 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  4. "25 років «Свободи». Шлях по спіралі від чорносорочечників з СНПУ до ВР — DSnews.ua". www.dsnews.ua (in Ukrainian). 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  5. "Народні депутати України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  6. "Історія Молодого Народного Руху". Молодий Народний Рух (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  7. "У парламент прийшли керівник приймальні Ющенка та два екс-депутати". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  8. "Про відзначення нагородами України №720/99 від 26.06.1999". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  9. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №563/2008". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  10. "Президент Литви до Дня захисника свободи нагородив 11 українців". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
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