11 Facts About Ivan Plyushch

Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch was a Ukrainian politician.

Ivan Plyushch thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, from 9 July to 23 July 1990, from 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1994, and from 1 February 2000 to 14 May 2002.

Ivan Plyushch was born on 11 September 1941, in Borzna in Chernihiv Oblast.

Between 1967 and 1974 Plyushch was the head of Kirov collective farm and the head of Lenin state farm in Baryshivka Raion.

Between 1977 and 1979 Ivan Plyushch studied in Moscow at the Central Committee of the Communist Party Academy of Social Science.

In 1994, Ivan Plyushch participated in the 1994 Ukrainian presidential election.

In May 2007, Ivan Plyushch was appointed secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council by President Viktor Yushchenko.

Ivan Plyushch interpreted the council's responsibilities to include economic, environmental and energy security as well as military matters.

Ivan Plyushch opposed a coalition with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and he was dismissed as Security and Defence Council Secretary by the President in November 2007, shortly before Yanukovych was replaced as prime minister by Yulia Tymoshenko.

Ivan Plyushch became a creating member of Reforms for the Future in February 2011.

Ivan Plyushch died on 25 June 2014, at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.