Yuri Kostenko
Yuri Ivanovich Kostenko, born Юрій Іванович Костенко (born 12 June 1951 in Nowe Obodiwka in the Vinnitsky region) is a Ukrainian politician, educated engineer, technical science candidate, MP and former minister. Curriculum vitae
In the years 1990-2006 he served as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada. From 1992 to 1995 he served as Minister of Environmental Protection.
He was one of the founders of the People's Movement of Ukraine (NRU). vice president of the party. In 1999 he and his associates set up a new formation, since 2003, under the name of the Ukrainian People's Party (UNP). most NRU members. In 1999 he won the presidential election, gaining 2.17% of the vote (6th place for 13 candidates). In 2001, on behalf of his group, he signed an agreement establishing the Our Ukraine Bloc.
Prior to the 2006 parliamentary elections, he initiated a coalition of Ukrainians called Kostenka and Pluszcza, which won 1.9% of the vote and did not exceed the 3% threshold.
In July 2007, he joined the UNP to block the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense, from which he was re-elected in the early elections. Unsuccessfully ran the presidential election in 2010 (gained 0.2% of votes). He sat for the 2012 Parliament. Bibliography
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