Yevhen Shcherban
 |
|
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
|
In office March 27, 1994 – November 3, 1996 |
|
| Constituency | Volnovakha Raion |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Yevhen Oleksandrovych Shcherban January 18, 1946 Kostiantynivka, Kharkiv Oblast |
| Died | November 3, 1996 (aged 50) Donetsk Airport (murdered) |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Ukraine |
| Spouse(s) | Nadia Nikitina |
| Alma mater | Donetsk National Technical University |
| Occupation | businessman, politician |
Yevhen Shcherban (Ukrainian: Євген Олександрович Щербань, January 18, 1946 in – November 3, 1996 in Donetsk) was a Ukrainian businessman and politician. As a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Volnovakha electoral district in Donetsk Oblast. Became the most widely known for relating to the Shcherban Affair which is used as a political blackmail in Ukraine since 2003.
Yevhen Shcherban was born in the village of Kostyantynivka in Krasnokutsk Raion (today - an urbanized settlement) on January 18, 1946. From 1972-77 he studied at the Mining Industrial College in Donetsk, later - in the Donetsk National Technical University. Until 1988 Shcherban worked as a mining engineering and after the independence of Ukraine he established a cooperative organization "Progress" and later a corporation "ATON". Among other companies that associated with his name were "Gefest" (today "Parallel"), "Finansist", "AMEST" and others.
In the mid-1990s, Shcherban was among the richest people in Ukraine and prominent and influential member of parliament for the Liberal Party of Ukraine.
He and his wife Nadezhda (née Nikitina) were assassinated on a runway at Donetsk Airport on November 3, 1996 by several men posing as public force officers. Among the killers were Vadim Bolotskikh, Gennadiy Zangelidi and others. Prosecutors have stated the murder was intended to eliminate competition for control of Ukraine’s natural gas industry. In 2002, eight men were arrested and tried for the murder. All of them were found guilty, with three receiving life sentences.
Coincidentally, the event took place soon after replacement of the Governor of Donetsk Oblast Volodymyr Shcherban (no relation to Yevhen) with the former Minister of Coal Industry of Ukraine Serhiy Polyakov and the appointment of Viktor Yanukovych to the position of a deputy chairman.
...
Wikipedia