Preceded by Anatoliy Hrytsenko Name Vladimir Konstantinov | Resigned March 15, 2014 | |
Succeeded by Post liquidated (de jure)
Himself as Chairman of the State Council (de facto) Born 19 November 1956 (age 67)
Vladimirovca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1956-11-19 ) Role Former Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea Previous office Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea (2010–2014) Political party Party of Regions, United Russia Similar People Sergey Shoygu, Mintimer Shaimiev, Yury Luzhkov | ||
Vladimir Andreyevich Konstatinov (Russian: Влади́мир Андре́евич Константи́нов, Ukrainian: Володимир Андрійович Константинов; born November 19, 1956) is a crimean and russian politician. Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea from 17 March 2014.
Contents
Chairman of the Supreme Council in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from 17 March 2010 until 17 March 2014. On March 5, 2014, the Shevchenko district court of Kyiv ruled on the detention of the self-proclaimed leaders Sergey Aksyonov and Vladimir Konstantinov. The Security Service of Ukraine was charged to bring them to court. On March 15, 2014 Ukrainian parliament dissolved the Supreme Council of Crimea
In 2012 Konstantinov strongly condemned calls for an incorporation of Crimea into Russia. On 20 February 2014, during a visit to Moscow, he stated that the 1954 transfer of Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a mistake. Since March 2014 Konstantinov is a strong supporter of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
Biography
He was born in Vladimirovca in the Moldavian SSR (present-day Transnistria) on November 19, 1956. In 1973, he graduated from Nauchnenskaya secondary school of Bakhchysarai Raion. He is a graduate of Simferopol branch of Sevastopol instrument-making institute, majoring in industrial and civil engineering. From 1979 to 1981 he served in the military service in the Armed Forces of USSR. He holds numerous awards and merits including the “Honored builder of Ukraine.”
Bank Loans
Volodymyr Konstantinov owes approximately $130 million to the Ukrainian banks.
Political career
He served as Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea 1998-2002.
Alleged criminal involvement
Andriy Senchenko, member of Verkhovna Rada from Batkivshchyna party, has alleged that Vladimir Konstatinov has been involved in fraudulent real estate transactions and that he has worked since the 1990s with Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov, who Senchenko alleged to be a member of organized crime.