Orest Klympush

Orest Klympush (Ukrainian: Орест Дмитрович Климпуш; born 14 February 1941) is a Ukrainian engineer, politician, diplomat. He is a son of Dmytro Klympush, the leader of Carpathian Sich formations of the Carpatho-Ukraine.

Orest Klympush
Орест Климпуш
Minister of Transportation
In office March 1992 – July 1994
Prime Minister	Vitold Fokin
Preceded by	post revived
Succeeded by	Ivan Dankevych
Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary (concurrently to Slovenia)
In office 8 December 1997 – 29 April 2002
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Dmytro Tkach
Succeeded by	Vasyl Durdynets
People's Deputy of Ukraine
2nd convocation
In office 11 May 1994[1] – 12 May 1998[1]
Constituency	Independent, Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv District No.172[1]
4th convocation
In office 14 May 2002[2] – 25 May 2006[2]
Constituency	Independent, Zakarpattia Oblast, District No.75[2]
Personal details
Born	(1941-02-14) 14 February 1941 (age 84) Körösmező, Máramaros County, Hungary
Residence	Ukraine

Personal life

Orest Klympush was born during the World War II on 14 February 1941 in Körösmező, Máramaros County (today, Yasinia, Rakhiv Raion). He graduated from the Kyiv Automobile and Highway Institute in 1964 and received his doctorate there in 1970.

In 1987-92 before being appointed the Minister of Transportation, Klympush was a director of the ministerial research institute, the State Automotive Transportation Research and Projection Institute.

See also

• Ministry of Infrastructure (Ukraine)
• Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze