Yukhym Zvyahilsky
| Yukhym Zvyahilsky Юхим Звягільський |
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| Mayor of Donetsk | |
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In office 1992–1993 |
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| President | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Makhmudov |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Rybak |
| 4th First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
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In office 11 June 1993 – 4 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Ihor Yukhnovskyi |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Pynzenyk |
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Prime Minister of Ukraine Acting |
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In office 22 September 1993 – 16 June 1994 |
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| President | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Preceded by | Leonid Kuchma |
| Succeeded by | Vitaliy Masol |
| Personal details | |
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20 February 1933 Stalino, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party |
Communist Party of the USSR (1950s-1991) Party of Regions (2007-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Lyudmila (1931) |
| Children | a daughter |
| Alma mater | Donetsk Industrial Institute (1956) |
Yukhym Leonidovych Zvyahilsky (Ukrainian: Юхим Леонідович Звягільський, Russian: Efim Zvyagilsky) (born 20 February 1933 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian politician. He is the only member of Verkhovna Rada who was elected to parliament in the last eight elections.
Being the First Vice-Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Kuchma, he served as an acting-Prime Minister from 22 September 1993 after Kuchma was elected the President of Ukraine. Zvyahilsky was the longest serving Prime Minister office (as acting) without being officially appointed to it. Zvyahilsky kept the appointement until Vitaly Masol was confirmed as the Prime Minister of Ukraine in June 1994.
Zvyahilsky was born in the family of a serviceman on 20 February 1933. In 1956 he graduated from the Donetsk Industrial Institute as a mining engineer. After graduating Zvyahilsky worked at the mine #13 of the Soviet trust company "Kuibyshevugol" (Kuibyshev Coal) as a chief assistant, later as a chief of a coal precinct, chief engineer, director. In 1972 he wrote a thesis "Observation of regional technological schemes of mining fields in the development of thin inclined layers (in reference to the Donetsk-Makiivka region of Donetsk basin)" (Moscow Mining Institute) earning him academical title of a candidate of sciences. Later Zvyahilsky defended his doctorate on the subject "Geomechanical foundations of landslides of the earth surface above mines, which can be eliminated" (Institute of geotechnical mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Coincidentally, in early 1990s Ukraine suffered from the miners' strikes that led to the early presidential elections in 1994.
From 1970 to 1979 Zvyahilsky worked at the Kuibyshev Mine Corporation of the Industrial Union "Donetskugol" (Donetsk Coal). In 1975 he was appointed a director of the company. From 1979 through 1992 Zvyahilsky was a director of Zasyadko coal mine of the Industrial Union "Donetskugol". The mine, which is known for its chronic accidents, became particularly famous in 2007 for the most deadly disaster in the mining history of Ukraine.
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