Background
Tkachenko, Oleksandr M. was born on March 7, 1939 in Shpola, Cherkasy Region, Ukraine.
politician Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
Tkachenko, Oleksandr M. was born on March 7, 1939 in Shpola, Cherkasy Region, Ukraine.
In 1963 he graduated from Bila Tserkva Agriculture Institute.
Between July 7, 1998, and January 21, 2000, Tkachenko was the Chairman of the Parliament. Between 1963 and 1981 he worked in Tarascha Raion, Kiev Oblast, first as an agronomist and later as a local Communist party leader. In 1981 he became an inspector of the Central Committee of the KPU. In 1982 he was appointed Governor of Ternopil Oblast, and in 1985 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1991 and 1999 he was a candidate in the election for President of Ukraine.
On both occasions he withdrew his candidacy, the first time in favor of Leonid Kravchuk, and the second time in favor of Petro Symonenko.
Between May 1994 and April 1998 he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament, and was Chairman of the Parliament from July 7, 1998, to January 21, 2000, when was dismissed for violating parliamentary session regulations.
Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Tkachenko was a member of the Eleventh Convocation of the Parliament of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and since 1994 has been elected to the Parliament of Ukraine for four consecutive terms.