Vitaliy Boiko

First SecretaryStanislav Hurenko (until 1991)Preceded byVolodymyr ZaichukSucceeded byVolodymyr KampoAmbassador of Ukraine to MoldovaIn office
1993–1994PresidentLeonid KravchukPrime MinisterPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byYevhen Levytskyi (provisional) Personal detailsBorn(1937-09-30)30 September 1937
Kropyvne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)DiedJanuary 30, 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 82)Alma materKharkiv Law InstituteOccupationPolitician, 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

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