Vasyl Kuybida

Vasyl Kuybida studied at Lviv University. The recorded working language is Czech, Ukrainian and Polish. Positions recorded include People's Deputy of Ukraine. Distinctions recorded are Honoured Jurist of Ukraine, Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class and Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class.

• Name — Vasyl Kuybida • Office — Minister of Regional Development and Construction • Term Start — 18 December 2007 • Term End — 11 March 2010 • President — Viktor Yushchenko • Prime Minister — Yulia Tymoshenko • Predecessor — Volodymyr Yatsuba • Successor — Volodymyr Yatsuba • Office1 — Mayor of Lviv • Term Start1 — 1994 • Term End1 — 2002 • Predecessor1 — Vasyl Shpitser • Successor1 — Liubomyr Buniak • Office2 — People's Deputy of Ukraine • Term Start2 — 23 November 2007 • Term End2 — 19 December 2007 • Constituency2 — Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, No. 26 • Term Start3 — 25 May 2006 • Term End3 — 15 June 2007 • Constituency3 — Our Ukraine Bloc, No. 17 • Born — 8 May 1958 • Birthplace — Inta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Komi Republic, Russia) • Party — People's Movement of Ukraine • Other Party — Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc • Alma Mater — University of Lviv

Vasyl Stepanovych Kuybida was born on 8 May 1958 in the city of Inta, in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. His parents lived on a special settlement. From 1975 to 1980 Kuybida studied at the University of Lviv's faculty of applied mathematics and mechanics, graduating with a specialty in applied mathematics.

He has been elected to the Verhovna Rada two times (in 2006 and 2007). In 1994-2002 Kuybida was mayor of Lviv, in 2007-10 - Minister of Regional Development and Construction. Initiator and coauthor of the UNESCO program Lviv - Historic Center. Since 2012 Kuybida was elected the leader of People's Movement of Ukraine. In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election Kuybida received 0.06% of the vote. He described his top priorities as "further strengthening and development of the democratic roots of Ukrainian national statehood; implementing the ideas of democracy, pluralism, social solidarity, and open society, rebuilding the national economy on the principles of a freely competitive market system, facilitating the development of private entrepreneurship, systemic agrarian reform, ensuring social security for every citizen, social assistance for those in need, pension reform, the cultural revival of Ukrainian society, of the Ukrainian people's national identity, of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of public life, and integration into the EU and NATO as a vital cornerstone of Ukraine's foreign policy."