Preceded by Yuriy Bohutsky Succeeded by Mykhailo Kulyniak | Name Vasyl Vovkun Residence Kiev, Ukraine | |
Born June 16, 1957 (age 66)
Matsoshyn, Lviv region, Ukrainian SSR ( 1957-06-16 ) Occupation Theatre producer and scriptwriter Education National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev Political party Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc Nominations Shevchenko National Prize in Theater People also search for Tadey Ryndzak, Stephan Pyatnychko, Vasyl Vasylenko | ||
Vasyl Volodymyrovych Vovkun (Ukrainian: Василь Володимирович Вовкун) was Minister for Culture and Tourism of Ukraine in the second Tymoshenko Government.
Biography
Vovkun graduated from the theatre arts studio at the Zankovetska Lviv State Academical Drama Theatre and the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts. From 1981 he performed on stage of the Chernivtsi Theatre of Music and Drama and from 1989 until 1994 he was an actor at Kyiv studio-theatre "Budmo!". In 1994 he became production director of the Ukrainian State Centre of the Cultural Initiatives. He is also the Artistic Director of the Production Workshop "Artistic Agency Art Veles" from 1995 and from 2003 the General Producer of the Kyiv Festival (until 2004 – Britten Kyiv Festival).