Valentyna Shevchenko (politician)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Semenivna and the family name is Shevchenko.

Valentyna Shevchenko
Валентина Шевченко
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 22 November 1984 – 1990
First Secretary	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Preceded by	Oleksiy Vatchenko
Succeeded by	Vladimir Ivashko
Personal details
Born	(1935-03-12)12 March 1935 Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	3 February 2020(2020-02-03) (aged 84)
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Семенівна Шевченко; 12 March 1935 – 3 February 2020) was the Chairperson of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.

Biography

Shevchenko was born the daughter of a miner, Semen Solianyk, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Soviet Union.

From 1975 to 1985, Shevchenko was deputy chairperson of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Ukrainian SSR. After the death of Oleksiy Vatchenko, she began acting as the chairwoman until her official appointment on petition of Volodymyr Shcherbytsky.

In 1989 Shevchenko refused to sign prohibition against the People's Movement of Ukraine.

From September 1997 on she was the honorary president of the National Fund of social defence of mothers and children: "Ukraine – children".

Shevchenko died on 3 February 2020 at the age of 84.

External links

• An interview of Valentyna Shevchenko (in Ukrainian)