Anatoliy Hrytsenko

Who is Anatoliy Hrytsenko?

Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko is a Ukrainian politician, independent member of the current Ukrainian parliament, former Minister of Defence, member of the Our Ukraine political party and leader of the Civil Position party.

Hrytsenko is one of the candidates for presidency in the upcoming election. According to the opinion poll ordered by 1+1 TV channel and conducted by GfK Ukraine on 6–8 May, 5.6 per cent of the surveyed would cast their votes for him.

Hrytsenko was a candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections, during the election he received 1,2% of the votes. In the second round he called on voting against both candidates.

Civil Position gained one seat in the Ternopil city council during the 2010 Ukrainian local elections. During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Hrytsenko was elected into parliament as 3rd on the electoral list of Batkivshchyna. Hrytsenko did not sign the November 2012 oppositional forces Batkivshchyna, UDAR and Svoboda joint action plan "I did not sign this document because I offered another action plan, but it was not supported”; but did state he would fulfil it.