Vasyl Vovkun
| Vasyl Vovkun Василь Вовкун | |
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| Minister for Culture and Tourism of Ukraine | |
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In office December 18, 2007 – March 11, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Bohutsky |
| Succeeded by | Mykhailo Kulyniak[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 16, 1957 Matsoshyn, Lviv region, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc[2] |
| Residence | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Theatre producer and scriptwriter |
Vasyl Volodymyrovych Vovkun (Ukrainian: Василь Володимирович Вовкун) was Minister for Culture and Tourism of Ukraine in the second Tymoshenko Government.
Biography
Vovkun graduated from the theatre arts studio at the Zankovetska Lviv State Academical Drama Theatre and the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts. From 1981 he performed on stage of the Chernivtsi Theatre of Music and Drama and from 1989 until 1994 he was an actor at Kyiv studio-theatre "Budmo!". In 1994 he became production director of the Ukrainian State Centre of the Cultural Initiatives. He is also the Artistic Director of the Production Workshop "Artistic Agency Art Veles" from 1995 and from 2003 the General Producer of the Kyiv Festival (until 2004 – Britten Kyiv Festival).[3]
References
- ↑ VR approved structure of Cabinet of Ministers (update), UNIAN (March 11, 2010)
- ↑ Culture And Tourism Minister Vovkun Sees His Dismissal As Possible. Ukrainian News Agency (March 13, 2009)
- ↑ VASYL VOVKUN – CULTURE AND TOURISM MINISTER OF UKRAINE, UKRINFORM (December 18, 2007)