1. Vasyl Tsushko was born in the Nadrichne village, Odesa Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR ; he is of mixed Ukrainian-Moldovan ancestry and is fluent in Romanian.
10 Facts About Vasyl Tsushko
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In 1982, Tsushko finished the Izmail Vocational school of Mechanics and Electronics of Agriculture.
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Vasyl Tsushko was chosen as the head of the Odesa Oblast Government Administration on February 3,2005.
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Vasyl Tsushko was chosen as the Minister of Internal Affairs on December 1,2006, after his predecessor Yuriy Lutsenko was dismissed by the parliament.
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On May 26,2007, Vasyl Tsushko suffered from a heart attack and was later hospitalized in critical condition.
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The Interfax news agency reports that Vasyl Tsushko's condition deteriorated while in the medical clinic in Germany.
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On September 30,2007, Vasyl Tsushko announced that he would resign as Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, due to the need for his health rehabilitation.
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On July 24,2010, Vasyl Tsushko took over Socialist Party leadership from Oleksandr Moroz.
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Vasyl Tsushko headed the Ukrainian Economy Ministry from March to December 2010 and was appointed as head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on December 14,2010.
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Vasyl Tsushko ran as a presidential candidate in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election.