Valeriy Yermak

Valeriy Fedorovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Валерій Федорович Єрмак; 24 November 1942 - 26 December 2013), was a Russian-born Ukrainian politician who last served as the member of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea from 2006 to 2010. Yermak was the 1st Mayor of Simferopol from 1990 to 2006.

Biography Valeriy Yermak was born on 24 November 1942. He graduated from school with a gold medal. In 1962, he worked as a carpenter for mechanical column No. 36 in Simferopol. In 1963, he studied from the Sevastopol Instrument-Making Institute, graduating in 1969. From 1966 to 1969, he worked at the Simferopol State Institute for Urban Planning Design (Giprograd) in such positions as a design technician, design engineer and senior architect. From 1969 to 1970 he served in the Soviet Army. Then, Yermak worked in the Kemerovo Glavkuzbasstroy, the plant of the large-panel housebuilding trust Simferopolpromstroy and the Kherson Oblmezhkolkhozstroy, the Simferopol plants Krymzhelezobeton and Ukrvodzhelezobeton. He was involved in the construction of high-rise housing on Marshal Zhukov Street. He was elected a deputy of the gresovsky village council. In July 1987, he became a member of the Simferopol City Council of People's Deputies, where for five years he held such positions as deputy, first deputy chairman and chairman of the executive committee. From 1993 to 1995 he was the chairman of the executive committee of the Simferopol City Council. In September 1995, Yermak was elected by the residents of the city as chairman of the Simferopol City Council. In…Citește mai mult