Serhiy Kvit
| Serhiy Kvit | |
|---|---|
| File:Квіт Сергій Миронович.jpg | |
| Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine | |
| In office February 27, 2014 – 14 April 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| Preceded by | Dmytro Tabachnyk |
| Succeeded by | Liliya Hrynevych |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1965 Uzhhorod, USSR |
| Political party | unaffiliated |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Serhiy Myronovych Kvit is a Ukrainian literary critic, journalist, educator and social activist. He is president of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Kvit was born into a Jewish intelligentsia family in Uzhhorod. After finishing his secondary education with the advanced "Red Diploma," he entered Kiev State University for the philology faculty. He was appointed Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine by the First Yatsenyuk Government on 27 February 2014.[1] and continued to hold the post under the Second Yatsenyuk Government. He did not retain his post in the Groysman Government that was installed in 14 April 2016.[2]
Biography
In the October 2014 parliamentary election Kvit was elected Ukraine's parliament Verkhovna Rada as a non-partisan on the Petro Poroshenko Bloc electoral list (placed 11th on this list).[3][4] The Verkhovna Rada terminated his powers as people's deputies when he was re-appointed to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 2 December 2014.[5][6]
Member of the Ukrainian far-right Ukrainian paramilitary organization the Stepan Bandera All-Ukrainian Organization «Tryzub». Tryzub became the basis for the formation of the right-wing coalition Right Sector, organization which played a significant role in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, and Tryzub's leader, Dmytro Yarosh, became the leader of Right Sector.[7] Serhiy Kvit is a friend of Dmytro Yarosh.[8]
His specialties are mass communications and philosophical hermeneutics.
References
- ↑ http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/katya-gorchinskaya-the-not-so-revolutionary-new-ukraine-government-337768.html
- ↑ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Party list of "The Poroshenko" - CEC, galinfo (September 27, 2014)
- ↑ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) - ↑ Rada terminates mandates of Yatsenyuk, eight members of parliament appointed ministers, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
- ↑ Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
(Ukrainian) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014) - ↑ Simon Shuster. Exclusive: Leader of far-right Ukrainian militant group talks revolution with TIME (англ.). TIME.com (4 February 2014). Проверено 15 февраля 2014. http://world.time.com/2014/02/04/ukraine-dmitri-yarosh-kiev/print/
- ↑ http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2014/02/4/7012683/view_print/
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