1. Volodymyr Petrovych Shcherban is a Ukrainian politician and governor of a number of regions in Ukraine.
10 Facts About Volodymyr Shcherban
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Volodymyr Shcherban is sometimes confused with another Ukrainian politician, Yevhen Shcherban.
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From 1972 to 1976 Volodymyr Shcherban studied at the Donetsk Institute of Soviet Trade.
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In 1990 Volodymyr Shcherban was elected to the Donetsk City Council.
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Volodymyr Shcherban was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Budyonnivsky electoral district N107.
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Volodymyr Shcherban served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine at the second convocation until 1998.
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In September 1999 Volodymyr Shcherban finally resigned as a member of parliament.
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Volodymyr Shcherban was detained in October 2005 on expired visa charges and placed in an immigration prison near Miami, but was released on $2 million bail.
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However, Serhiy Vlasenko notes that in the fall of 1996 there was a conflict between the two of them as Yevhen Volodymyr Shcherban reconsidered his political plans and intended to align himself with Yevhen Marchuk to pursue further political goals.
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Volodymyr Shcherban sold just over half of the controlling stock in another bread factory in Konotop to Party of Regions politician Vitaliy Khomutynnik in 2008.