Vadym Hetman
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For the footballer, see Vadym Hetman (footballer).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovych and the family name is Hetman.
Vadym Petrovych Hetman (Ukrainian: Вадим Петрович Гетьман; 12 July 1935 – 22 April 1998) was a Ukrainian statesman, politician, and banker. He is credited with the creation of the National Bank of Ukraine, Ukraine's central bank. He was assassinated in April 1998 in his home in Kyiv. According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the crime was paid for by former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko.[2][3] He was posthumously conferred the title of Hero of Ukraine on 11 July 2005.
Quick Facts People's Deputy of Ukraine, Constituency ...
Vadym Hetman | |
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Вадим Гетьман | |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 18 March 1990 – 29 March 1998 | |
Constituency | Cherkasy Oblast, No. 425 |
2nd Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine | |
In office 24 March 1992 – 1993 | |
Preceded by | Volodymyr Matvienko |
Succeeded by | Viktor Yushchenko |
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Born | (1935-07-12)12 July 1935 Snityn, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
Died | 22 April 1998(1998-04-22) (aged 62) Kyiv, Ukraine |
Political party | Independent |
Relations | Wife and two children[1] |
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