Mykhailo Chechetov

Mykhailo Vasylyovych Chechetov (Ukrainian: Михайло Васильович Чечетов; October 3, 1953 – February 27, 2015) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a former first deputy head of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[5] Chechetov committed suicide on February 27, 2015.[6]

Mykhailo Chechetov
Mykhailo Chechetov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
2nd convocation
In office May 11, 1994 – May 12, 1998
Constituency	Independent, Donetsk Oblast, District No.125[1]
5th convocation
In office May 25, 2006 – November 23, 2007
Constituency	Party of Regions, No.112[2]
6th convocation
In office November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012
Constituency	Party of Regions, No.135[3]
7th convocation
In office December 12, 2012 – November 27, 2014
Constituency	Party of Regions, No.21[4]

Biography

Chechetov was born 3 October 1953 in the village of Lyubimovka (Korenevsky District) in current Russia; then the village was part of the USSR (as was Ukraine).[7][nb 1] In 1979 he graduated from Kharkiv Engineering and Economics Institute with a degree in economics and organization of mining industry.[7] From 1971 1982 till he worked as a mechanic in a coal mine in Yenakiyevo.[7] And from 1982 till 1994 Chechetov was a teacher at Kharkiv engineering economic institute.[7]

From 1994 till 1997 Chechetov was a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.[7] in the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected into parliament and joined the faction Socio-market choice.[7] In 1998 and 1999 he served as Deputy Minister of Economy.[7] From September 1999 to April 2003 Chechetov was First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine.[7] From 1998 to 2005 Chechetov was a member of various economic commissions under President Kuchma.[7] In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he returned to parliament for Party of Regions.[7] After 2012 he became first deputy head of the party's parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip.[5][7] Chechetov did not take part in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7]

On January 20, 2015, the General Prosecutor's Office claimed Chechetov a suspect on suspicion of abuse of power and forgery.[7] On February 21 he was bailed out for almost 5 million hryvnia.[7]

Chechetov committed suicide on the night of February 27, 2015, by jumping from the window of his apartment, located on the 17th floor.[6] He left behind his wife Natalia Chechetov (born in 1954 and an employee of the Ukrainian parliament) and his daughter Tatiana Chechetov-Terashvili (born 1979 and a lecturer of the Kharkiv National University of Economics).[7]

See also

• Oleksandr Peklushenko

Notes

1. Both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union since 1920 till Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.[8]

References

1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the II convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
3. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
4. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
5. Petro Poroshenko Bloc: fragmentation, The Ukrainian Week (8 March 2016)
6. Yanukovych’s ally Chechetov commits suicide under house arrest
   Case of MP Chechetov's suicide closed due to absence of event of crime – Kyiv police
7. (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
8. A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples by Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto Press, 2010, ISBN 1442610212 (page 563/564 & 722/723)