Volodymyr Shcherban
| Volodymyr Shcherban Володимир Щербань |
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| Governor of Sumy Oblast | |
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In office 15 November 2002 – 21 January 2005 |
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| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Zharkov |
| Succeeded by | Mykola Lavryk |
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In office 30 March 1999 – 25 April 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Berfman |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Zharkov |
| Governor of Donetsk Oblast | |
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In office 11 July 1995 – 18 July 1996 |
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| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Smirnov |
| Succeeded by | Serhiy Polyakov |
| Chairman of Donetsk Oblast Council | |
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In office 10 July 1994 – 4 October 1996 |
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| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Vadym Chuprun |
| Succeeded by | Ivano Ponomaryov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 January 1950 Artemivsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Spouse(s) | Iryna |
| Children | Artem |
| Alma mater | Donetsk Institute of Soviet Trade |
Volodymyr Shcherban (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Щербань; born 26 January 1950) is a Ukrainian politician and governor of number of regions in Ukraine. Sometimes he is confused with another murdered Ukrainian politician Yevhen Shcherban.
Shcherban was born in a town of Artemivsk, Perevalsk Raion (Voroshilovhrad Oblast) on January 26, 1950. After finishing school, in 1967 he went to work for the Tochmash Factory in Donetsk as apprentice to a . In 1969-71 Shcherban served in army. After the army, he returned to Tochmash where worked already as a locksmith in 1971-72. In 1972-76 Shcherban studied at the Donetsk Institute of Soviet Trade. In 1976-79 he worked for fruit and vegetables farms of the Chernivtsi regional department of retail. Later he worked in number of retail institutions of Donetsk.
In 1990 Shcherban was elected to the Donetsk city council. In 1992-94 he was a deputy of mayor of Donetsk. In 1994-96 chairman of the Donetsk Oblast council. Shcherban was also elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Budyonnivsky electoral district N107 (Donetsk Oblast). In the parliament he was a member of the "Social-Market Choice" faction and the Budget Committee. He served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine at the second convocation until 1998. At the same time in 1995-96 Shcherban was appointed the governor of Donetsk Oblast and was an acting governor of Sumy Oblast in 1994-96 completely ignoring the fact of unlawful conduct by working as legislator and government official.
As a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine (LPU), Shcherban was elected once again from the Donetsk region electoral district N41 in 1998 joining in the parliament the parliamentary group "Independents". In March 1999 he was appointed the governor of Sumy Oblast, a position which he held until 2002. In September 1999 Shcherban finally resigned as a member of parliament. In 2002 again he, a member of LPU, was elected to the parliament within the Electoral Bloc "Our Ukraine" N44 on a party list. Soon after being elected Shcherban joined for a short stint the "For United Ukraine" parliamentary faction (faction was dissolved) and then "People's Choice". In June 2003 he resigned as a member of parliament being appointed the governor of Sumy Oblast one more time.
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