Stepan Senchuk

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Romanovych and the family name is Senchuk.

Stepan Romanovych Senchuk (Ukrainian: Степан Романович Сенчук; 23 March 1955 – 29 November 2005) was a Ukrainian politician from Our Ukraine who was Governor of Lviv Oblast from 1999 to 2001. He was also chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council from 1998 to 2001. Senchuk was assassinated in 2005, allegedly for his business activities.

Stepan Senchuk
Степан Сенчук
Chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council
In office 14 April 1998 – 5 July 2001
Governor	Mykhailo Hladii [uk] Himself
Preceded by	Orest Furdychko
Succeeded by	Yaroslav Hadzalo [uk]
Governor of Lviv Oblast
In office 15 January 1999 – 19 March 2001
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Mykhailo Hladii
Succeeded by	Mykhailo Hladii
Personal details
Born	(1955-03-23)23 March 1955 Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Died	29 November 2005(2005-11-29) (aged 50) Briukhovychi, Ukraine
Manner of death	Assassination
Political party	Our Ukraine (2005)
Other political affiliations	Agrarian Party
Alma mater	Lviv Agricultural Institute

Background

He was born in the city of Prokopyevsk in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Senchuk studied at the Lviv Agricultural Institute (now the Lviv National Environmental University) from 1972 to 1977, specialising in engineering and mechanics. From 1977 to 1993, Senchuk was on engineering and supervising posts at different agricultural enterprises. Since 1993, he was general director of Lvivagroremmashpostach, a Lviv Oblast state-owned enterprise.

He was the deputy of the Lviv Oblast Council from 1994 to 1998,^[1] where he headed the Agrarian Party. From March 1997 to April 1998, Senchuk was the vice president of the Lviv-region state administration for agriculture and foodstuffs. On 14 April 1998, he was selected to be the chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council.^[2]

On 15 January 1999, Senchuk was appointed Governor of Lviv Oblast; for some time he combined two posts. On 19 March 2001 he was dismissed from the post of chairman of the state administration. On 5 July 2001 he also retired from the post of regional council chairman.

Since 2005, Senchuk was a member of the Our Ukraine party and a delegate of its constituent congress. Most recently he held a post at a chapter of the supervisory council of the Lviv corporation Ecolan (a food manufacturer).

Death

Senchuk was shot dead on 29 November 2005 at 19:20 in his car,^[3][4] in the urban-type settlement of Briukhovychi.^[5] According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ukrainian media speculated that Senchuk was killed for his business activities.^[6]

See also

• List of unsolved murders