Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Семенівна Шевченко; 12 March 1935 – 3 February 2020) was the Chairperson of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.
Valentyna Shevchenko | |
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Валентина Шевченко | |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
| In office 22 November 1984 – 1990 | |
| First Secretary | Volodymyr Shcherbytsky |
| Preceded by | Oleksiy Vatchenko |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Ivashko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1935 Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 3 February 2020 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
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Biography
editShevchenko was born the daughter of a miner, Semen Solianyk, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Soviet Union.
From 1975 to 1985, Shevchenko was deputy chairperson of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Ukrainian SSR. After the death of Oleksiy Vatchenko, she began acting as the chairwoman until her official appointment on petition of Volodymyr Shcherbytsky.
In 1989 Shevchenko refused to sign prohibition against the People's Movement of Ukraine.
From September 1997 on she was the honorary president of the National Fund of social defence of mothers and children: "Ukraine – children".
Shevchenko died on 3 February 2020 at the age of 84.[1]
References
edit- ^ Kartasheva, Antonina (3 February 2020). "Умерла председатель бывшего президиума ВС УССР" (in Russian). Украинские Национальные Новости. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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