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Vitaliy Boiko

Vitaliy Boiko

Ukrainian lawyer and diplomat (1937–2020)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fedorovych and the family name is Boiko.

Vitaliy Fedorovych Boiko (Ukrainian: Віталій Федорович Бойко; 30 September 1937 – 30 January 2020[1]) was a Ukrainian lawyer, diplomat, and Minister of Justice.

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Boiko was from Chernihiv Oblast. He graduated from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in 1963 and until 1976 worked as a judge in Dnipropetrovsk and then until 1986 as a judge in Donetsk.

In 1986 to 1992 Boiko worked in Ministry of Justice and held ministerial post. Concurrently with that he also headed the Central Electoral Commission. In 1993–1994 Boiko served as an Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova. In 1994–2002 he was a chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

He was awarded the Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine, the forerunner of the Order of Merit.

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    There died the first minister of Justice of Ukraine Vitaliy Boiko (Помер перший міністр юстиції України Віталій Бойко). UNIAN. 30 January 2020
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