Volodymyr Hrynyov

Who is Volodymyr Hrynyov?

Volodymyr Hrynyov, also Hryniov is a Ukrainian politician, statesman, former candidate to the President of Ukraine.

Hrynov was born on July 26, 1945 in Bolshaya Troitsa village of Kursk Oblast. In 1968 he graduated with honors from the Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute. In 1972 he defended his candidate dissertation, and in 1981, his doctoral dissertation.

On March 30, 1990 he participated in Verkhovna Rada elections in electoral district no. 170 in Kharkiv. In the first round, none of the five candidates obtained the required 50% of votes; in the second round he obtained 53.49% votes and was elected to the parliament. In Verkhovna Rada, Hrynov was elected Vice-Chairmen, in which position he served until his voluntary resignation in June 1993.

On December 1, 1991, Hrynov participated in the first presidential elections in Ukraine. He was supported by 1,329,758 voters, and took fourth place out of six candidates. In 1993 he became the president of International Fund "Business Diaspora of Ukraine". In the same year he organized the Party "Interregional Block of Reforms", of which he was the leader until May 1999.