Valentyn Zghursky

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Preceded by Volodymyr Husiev Nationality Ukrainian		Signature Name Valentyn Zghursky

Succeeded by Mykola Lavrukhin (Head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council) and Arnold Nazarchuk (Head of the Kiev City Council) Born February 9, 1927Birzula, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1927-02-09 ) Alma mater Kiev Polytechnic Institute Died October 24, 2014, Kiev, Ukraine Education Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Political party Communist Party of Ukraine

Valentyn Arsentiyovych Zghursky (Ukrainian: Валентин Арсентійович Згурський) was a head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council.

Biography

During World War II as a teenager he worked on Soviet railways. After graduating the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1954 as an electrical engineer, in 1950s-1970s Zghursky worked at the Soviet Defense company "Radiopribor" (Radio Instrument) in Kiev making there a career and eventually becoming its general director (1973-1979). Radiopribor was also known as the Korolyov Production Union.

After fall of the Soviet Union in 1994 Radiopribor was transformed into Meridian Factory.