Viktor Plakida
| Viktor Plakida | |
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| Representatives of the President of Ukraine in Crimea | |
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In office 28 February 2012 (acting since 8 June 2011) – 27 February 2014 |
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| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Yatsuba |
| Succeeded by | Serhiy Kunitsyn |
| Representatives of the President of Ukraine in Crimea (Acting) | |
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In office 13 October 2010 – 12 January 2011 |
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| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Kunitsyn |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Yatsuba |
| Prime Minister of Crimea | |
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In office June 2, 2006 – March 17, 2010 |
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| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Anatoliy Burdyuhov |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Dzharty |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 2, 1956 Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine |
Viktor Tarasovych Plakida (born August 2, 1956) is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. Plakida served as the Prime Minister of Crimea, an autonomous region in southern Ukraine, from 2006 to 2010 (the office of Prime Minister is also known as the Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers). He was the Representatives of the President of Ukraine in Crimea.
Plakida served as the chairman of the Crimean Energy System UkrEnergo before becoming Prime Minister of Crimea.
In early 2006, the Crimean Council of Ministers and the Crimean parliament removed the government of Crimean Prime Minister Anatoliy Burdiuhov. Plakida was nominated as the next Prime Minister by the Speaker of the Supreme Council of Crimea, which acts as Crimea's parliament. A power struggle ensued between Crimean politicians who were pro-Russian and those loyal to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. In early May 2006, politicians loyal to Yushchenko joined with four small political parties to create a 76-member majority in the Crimean parliament, which has 100 total members. This majority sought to block any pro-Russian candidates for Prime Minister of Crimea.
The Constitution of Ukraine requires that the country's president approve of any candidate nominated for Prime Minister of Crimea. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko gave his approval after negotiations with Crimean political leaders and end the political impasse. In exchange for Yushchenko's approval of Plakida's candidacy, the Crimean parliament agreed to changes in the structure and membership of the Crimean Council of Ministers. Yushchenko signed off on Plakida's nomination on May 29, 2006.
The Supreme Council of Crimea further approved Plakida as Prime Minister on June 2, 2006. Plakida received a majority of 75 votes in the parliament out 93 members.
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