Yaroslav Sukhyi

Ukrainian activist and politician

Ярослав Сухий

Governor of Ternopil OblastIn office
2010–2010Preceded byYuriy ChyzhmarSucceeded byMykhailo Tsymbaliuk Personal detailsBorn (1951-03-26) 26 March 1951 (age 73)
Oryshkivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet UnionPolitical partyCommunist Party of Ukraine
Labour Ukraine
Party of RegionsAlma materLviv University
Zaporizhzhya National Technical University

Yaroslav Mykhailovych Sukhyi (Ukrainian: Ярослав Михайлович Сухий; born 26 March 1951) is a Ukrainian communist activist and politician and former member of the Verkhovna Rada.

Until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1976-1991 he was communist party activist in Ternopil. Following the dissolution, Sukhyi found employment with the Ukrainian industrial giant Motor Sich.

In 2000-2014 Sukhyi was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing Labour Ukraine and later Party of Regions. In 2000-2006 he was elected by an electoral district in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

In 2010 Sukhyi served as a Governor of Ternopil Oblast.