17 Facts About Mykola Porovskyi

Mykola Ivanovych Porovskyi is a Ukrainian colonel and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Rivne Oblast between 1990 and 1998, and later from 2005 to 2006 on the proportional list of the Our Ukraine Bloc.

Mykola Ivanovych Porovskyi was born 20 June 1956 in the village of Zaritsk in Ukraine's western Rivne Oblast, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

Mykola Porovskyi's grandfather, Yevhen, was a veteran of the Ukrainian People's Army and his father fought in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Mykola Porovskyi studied at the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, graduating in 1979 with a specialisation in water engineering.

Mykola Porovskyi joined the People's Movement of Ukraine upon its founding in 1989; he was chairman of the Rivne Regional Organisation of Rukh, as well as chairman of the organising committee for the organisation's First Convention.

Mykola Porovskyi had previously been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Mykola Porovskyi was tasked by Ihor Yukhnovskyi, leader of the Democratic Bloc, with negotiating with pro-sovereignty communists in order to bring them to support the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.

Mykola Porovskyi was one of the three People's Deputies that carried the flag of Ukraine into the Verkhovna Rada building, alongside Chornovil and Ivan Zaiets.

The Democratic Bloc dissolved after Ukraine became independent, and Mykola Porovskyi was first part of the faction of Rukh before later joining the Congress of National-Democratic Forces.

Mykola Porovskyi was re-elected in the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election from Rivne Raion as a member of the Ukrainian Republican Party.

Mykola Porovskyi remained a member of the Verkhovna Rada Defence and Security Committee from 1990 until 1998.

Mykola Porovskyi was a candidate for People's Deputy from Ukraine's 154th electoral district in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, when he was defeated by Vitalii Tsekhmistrenko.

Mykola Porovskyi was the 98th candidate on the proportional list of the Our Ukraine Bloc in the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Since leaving office, Mykola Porovskyi has unsuccessfully attempted several campaigns to return to the Verkhovna Rada.

Mykola Porovskyi attempted to run for the 152nd electoral district in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, but was again unsuccessful, losing to Oleh Osukhovskyi of Svoboda.

Mykola Porovskyi is a member of the Higher Church Council of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Mykola Porovskyi served in the 44th Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment before being mandated to retire at the age of 60 in 2016.