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Roman BessmertnuyUkrainian politician and statesman.
Date of Birth: 15.11.1965
Country:  Ukraine |
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Biography of Roman Bessmertnyi
Roman Petrovich Bessmertnyi, born on November 15, 1965, in the village of Motyzhyn, Makariv district, Kyiv region, is a Ukrainian politician and statesman. He currently serves as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine for Information Policy. Bessmertnyi was a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Ukrainian government and the author of a project for administrative-territorial reform in the country. He was also one of the leaders of the political party "Our Ukraine" before announcing his departure from the party in February 2008.
Early Life and Career
Bessmertnyi completed his secondary education and then served in the military. In 1990, he graduated from the Historical Faculty of Kyiv Pedagogical Institute, specializing in history teaching. He worked as a history teacher in a school in the Kyiv region for four years.
In 1994, with the support of the Ukrainian Labor Party, Bessmertnyi won the parliamentary elections in the Makariv electoral district No. 220 (Kyiv region). He represented the interests of President Leonid Kuchma in the Verkhovna Rada for five years and chaired the subcommittee on the activities of councils and self-government of the Committee on State Building, Councils, and Self-Government. He was also a member of the "Constitutional Center" group.
Political Career
In the 1998 parliamentary elections, Bessmertnyi ran on the list of the People's Democratic Party of Ukraine (NDP). He served as a member of the NDP faction, the Political Executive Committee, and the Political Council of the party. In 2001, Bessmertnyi joined Viktor Yushchenko's team and became the head of one of his campaign headquarters.
He ran for the Verkhovna Rada in 2002 on the list of "Our Ukraine" and became the head of the bloc's pre-election headquarters. During the 2004 presidential elections, Bessmertnyi served as a deputy head of the campaign headquarters and acted as the commander of the public disobedience action on Khreshchatyk during the "Orange Revolution." In January 2005, he stepped down as the head of the tent city on Independence Square.
On February 4, 2005, Bessmertnyi was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative-Territorial Reform in the new Cabinet of Ministers. However, he actively opposed the appointment of Yulia Tymoshenko as the Prime Minister. In April 2005, Bessmertnyi presented a project for administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine to the President. In July of the same year, he unexpectedly resigned, citing that "the entire power system does not work for the President." However, his resignation was not accepted by Viktor Yushchenko.
During the government crisis in September 2005, Yulia Tymoshenko blamed Bessmertnyi as one of the culprits for her dismissal as Prime Minister. In November, Bessmertnyi left his position as Deputy Prime Minister due to his appointment as the head of the election headquarters for the People's Union "Our Ukraine." After the parliamentary elections, he negotiated with the Socialist Party and Yulia Tymoshenko's Bloc for the formation of an "Orange" coalition. At the same time, he expressed his opinion that Tymoshenko was not the best candidate for the position of Prime Minister.
On April 13, 2006, representing "Our Ukraine," Bessmertnyi signed a protocol on the creation of a coalition of democratic forces in the Verkhovna Rada. In November 2006, he resigned as the chairman of the council of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" and in December of the same year, he became the head of the central executive committee of the party.
On April 4, 2007, President Yushchenko appointed Bessmertnyi as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine, responsible for leading the information policy of the Secretariat. In July 2007, Bessmertnyi resigned from the position of the head of the central executive committee of the People's Union "Our Ukraine." He stated that it was impossible to combine this position in the party with the position of Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. However, he remained a member of the party's political council.
In November 2007, Bessmertnyi, along with five members of the Verkhovna Rada, left the "Our Ukraine" party. President Yushchenko justified their decision by the lack of progress towards unifying the "Our Ukraine-NS" bloc into a single political force.
Later Career
On November 29, 2007, the democratic coalition of "Our Ukraine-NS" and the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko was officially formed. On December 18, 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko was elected as the Prime Minister of Ukraine. However, internal conflicts within the coalition started to arise in the following year. On February 19, 2008, Bessmertnyi, along with the head of the Presidential Secretariat Viktor Baloha and five members of the Verkhovna Rada, left the "Our Ukraine" party. President Yushchenko explained their decision by the lack of progress towards unifying the "Our Ukraine-NS" bloc.
Since then, Bessmertnyi has continued to play a role in Ukrainian politics, focusing on the development and implementation of information policy as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat. Despite his political journey and involvement in numerous elections, he has expressed a desire to take a break from parliamentary activities.
