Heorhiy Kirpa
Heorhiy Kirpa | |
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Георгій Кірпа | |
A bust of Kirpa at Uzhhorod railway station | |
| Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications | |
| In office 11 May 2002 – 27 December 2004 | |
| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Valeriy Pustovoitenko |
| Succeeded by | Yevhen Chervonenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1946 Klubivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 27 December 2004 (aged 58) |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
| Party | Revival |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv Institute of Railway Transport Engineers |
| Signature | |
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Heorhiy Mykolaiovych Kirpa (Ukrainian: Георгій Миколайович Кірпа; 20 July 1946 – 27 December 2004) was a Ukrainian bureaucrat and politician who was Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications from 2002 to 2004, during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma. He was also the head of the Ukrzaliznytsia national railway company. Under Kirpa, Ukraine's public transportation was revived and expanded after years of neglect and corruption, with the completion of several mega-projects and the expansion of rail and motor transit. He was accused of engaging in corruption, and died under unclear circumstances during the 2004 Orange Revolution, allegedly by suicide.