Vitaliy Boiko

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

Vitaliy Boiko
Віталій Бойко
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
In office 21 December 1994 – 24 October 2002
Preceded by	Heorhiy Butenko
Succeeded by	Vasyl Malyarenko
Minister of Justice of Ukraine
In office 2 August 1990 – 20 March 1992
President	Leonid Kravchuk (from 1991)
Prime Minister	Vitaliy Masol Vitold Fokin
First Secretary	Stanislav Hurenko (until 1991)
Preceded by	Volodymyr Zaichuk
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Kampo
Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova
In office 1993–1994
President	Leonid Kravchuk
Prime Minister	Leonid Kuchma Vitaliy Masol
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Yevhen Levytskyi (provisional)
Personal details
Born	(1937-09-30)30 September 1937 Kropyvne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	January 30, 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 82)
Alma mater	Kharkiv Law Institute
Occupation	Politician, jurist, diplomat

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

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.

References

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

External links

• History of Ministry of Justice. Ministry of Justice of Ukraine website.
• Vitaliy Boiko at the Official Ukraine Today

Political offices
Preceded by ?	Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine 1989–1993	Succeeded by Ivan Yemets
Preceded by Volodymyr Zaichuk	Minister of Justice of Ukraine 1990–1992	Succeeded by Volodymyr Kampo
Preceded by post created	Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova 1993–1994	Succeeded by Yevhen Levytsky
Preceded by Heorhiy Butenko	Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Ukraine 1994–2002	Succeeded by Vasyl Malyarenko