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Stepan Senchuk

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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Romanovych and the family name is Senchuk.

Stepan Senchuk
Степан Сенчук
Chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council
In office
14 April 1998 – 5 July 2001
Governor
Preceded byOrest Furdychko
Succeeded byYaroslav Hadzalo [uk]
Governor of Lviv Oblast
In office
15 January 1999 – 19 March 2001
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byMykhailo Hladii
Succeeded byMykhailo Hladii
Personal details
Born(1955-03-23)23 March 1955
Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Died29 November 2005(2005-11-29) (aged 50)
Briukhovychi, Ukraine
Manner of deathAssassination
Political partyOur Ukraine (2005)
Other political
affiliations		Agrarian Party
Alma materLviv Agricultural Institute

Stepan Romanovych Senchuk (Ukrainian: Степан Романович Сенчук; 23 March 1955 – 29 November 2005) was a Ukrainian politician from Our Ukraine who was Governor of Lviv Oblast from 1999 to 2001. He was also chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council from 1998 to 2001. Senchuk was assassinated in 2005, allegedly for his business activities.

Background

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He was born in the city of Prokopyevsk in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Senchuk studied at the Lviv Agricultural Institute (now the Lviv National Environmental University) from 1972 to 1977, specialising in engineering and mechanics. From 1977 to 1993, Senchuk was on engineering and supervising posts at different agricultural enterprises. Since 1993, he was general director of Lvivagroremmashpostach, a Lviv Oblast state-owned enterprise.

He was the deputy of the Lviv Oblast Council from 1994 to 1998,[1] where he headed the Agrarian Party. From March 1997 to April 1998, Senchuk was the vice president of the Lviv-region state administration for agriculture and foodstuffs. On 14 April 1998, he was selected to be the chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council.[2]

On 15 January 1999, Senchuk was appointed Governor of Lviv Oblast; for some time he combined two posts. On 19 March 2001 he was dismissed from the post of chairman of the state administration. On 5 July 2001 he also retired from the post of regional council chairman.

Since 2005, Senchuk was a member of the Our Ukraine party and a delegate of its constituent congress. Most recently he held a post at a chapter of the supervisory council of the Lviv corporation Ecolan (a food manufacturer).

Death

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Senchuk was shot dead on 29 November 2005 at 19:20 in his car,[3][4] in the urban-type settlement of Briukhovychi.[5] According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ukrainian media speculated that Senchuk was killed for his business activities.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ukrainian-related news stories from RFE". www.infoukes.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ "NEWSBRIEFS (12/18/05)". www.ukrweekly.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Chairman of Lviv State Regional Administration Stepan Senchuk found shot". Radio Ukraine. 29 November 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  4. ^ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2005: Report Submitted to the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2006.
  5. ^ Hrim, Mykhailo (29 November 2006). "Рік без Сенчука" [A year without Senchuk]. Lviv Portal (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  6. ^ "CIS: Rise In Contract Killings Not Unique To Russia". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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