Mykhailo Mykhailovych Tsymbaliuk (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Цимбалюк; born 21 November 1964) is a Ukrainian retired lieutenant general of the Militsiya, politician, and legal professor currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on the party list of Batkivshchyna since 29 August 2019. Previously, he served as Governor of Lviv Oblast from 21 December 2010 to 2 November 2011 and as Governor of Ternopil Oblast on two occasions, first from 17 July 2004 to 19 January 2005 and later from 16 June to 21 December 2010.

Mykhailo Tsymbaliuk
Михайло Цимбалюк
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
29 August 2019
ConstituencyBatkivshchyna, No. 15
Governor of Lviv Oblast
In office
21 December 2010 – 2 November 2011
Preceded byVasyl Horbal
Succeeded byMykhailo Kostiuk [uk]
Governor of Ternopil Oblast
In office
16 June 2010 – 21 December 2010
Preceded byYaroslav Sukhyi
Succeeded byValentyn Khoptian [uk]
In office
17 July 2004 – 19 January 2005
Preceded byIvan Kurnytsky [uk]
Succeeded byIvan Stoiko
Personal details
Born (1964-11-21) 21 November 1964 (age 60)
Pasichna, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyBatkivshchyna
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service1988–2010
RankLieutenant general

Early life and police career

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Mykhailo Mykhailovych Tsymbaliuk was born on 21 November 1964 in the village of Pasichna [uk], in what was then part of the Soviet Union. In 1988, he graduated from the Ternopil State Pedagogical Institute (now the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University) with a degree in physical education, and began working at a youth sports school in the village of Koshliaky [uk]. Around the same time, Tsymbaliuk began working at the Main Directorate for Traffic Safety (GAI) within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. He worked in the GAI, as well as its successor agency, the State Automobile Inspection Service [uk] (DAI), until 2001.[1]

From 2002 to 2004, Tsymbaliuk was head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rivne Oblast. From 2005 to 2007, he was head of the department of the criminal police for juvenile offenders within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, before serving as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Lviv Oblast from 2007 to 2010 and in Poltava Oblast in 2010.[1]

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Tsymbaliuk graduated from the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in 1998 and from the National Academy of Internal Affairs in 2001, on both occasions with a degree in law.[1] An Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine, Tsymbaliuk has published multiple scientific works and monographs, and is a professor of the Department of Legal Philosophy at the National Academy of Internal Affairs.[2]

Political career

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On 17 July 2004, Tsymbaliuk was appointed by President Leonid Kuchma as Governor of Ternopil Oblast.[3] He served in the position until 19 January 2005, at which point he resigned.[4] He was again appointed as Governor of Ternopil Oblast by President Viktor Yanukovych on 16 June 2010,[5] and served until 21 December 2010, when he was appointed as Governor of Lviv Oblast.[6] On 2 November 2011, he resigned from this position.[7]

People's Deputy of Ukraine

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Official portrait of Tsymbaliuk as a People's Deputy of Ukraine

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Tsymbaliuk was successfully elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine, placed 15th on Batkivshchyna's party list.[8] He is first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans' Rights.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Цымбалюк Михаил Михайлович" [Tsymbaliuk, Mykhailo Mykhailovych]. Slovo i Dilo (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Цимбалюк Михайло Михайлович" [Tsymbaliuk, Mykhailo Mykhailovych]. Ternopil Oblast Regional Information Portal (in Ukrainian). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ Kuchma, Leonid (17 July 2004). "Указ президента україни про призначення М. Цимбалюка головою Тернопільської обласної державної адміністрації" [Act of the President of Ukraine on appointing M. Tsymbaliuk as head of the Ternopil Oblast State Administration]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ Kuchma, Leonid (19 January 2005). "Указ президента україни про звільнення М. Цимбалюка з посади голови Тернопільської обласної державної адміністрації" [Act of the President of Ukraine on dismissing M. Tsymbaliuk from the office of head of the Ternopil Oblast State Administration]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian).
  5. ^ Yanukovych, Viktor (16 June 2010). "Указ президента україни про призначення М. Цимбалюка головою Тернопільської обласної державної адміністрації" [Act of the President of Ukraine on appointing M. Tsymbaliuk as head of the Ternopil Oblast State Administration]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ^ Yanukovych, Viktor (21 December 2010). "Указ президента україни про призначення М. Цимбалюка головою Львівської обласної державної адміністрації" [Act of the President of Ukraine on appointing M. Tsymbaliuk as head of the Lviv Oblast State Administration]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ^ Yanukovych, Viktor (2 November 2011). "Указ президента україни Про звільнення М. Цимбалюка з посади голови Львівської обласної державної адміністрації" [Act of the President of Ukraine on dismissing M. Tsymbaliuk from the position of head of Lviv Oblast State Administration]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Цимбалюк Михайло Михайлович" [Tsymbaliuk, Mykhailo Mykhailovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  9. ^ Dym, Nestor (29 August 2019). "Парламент затвердив список своїх комітетів і їх склад. ХТО В ЯКОМУ" [Parliament announces approves list of committees and composition: WHO'S WHERE]. Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.