Rada rejects Lanovyi as privatization chief

KYIV - The Verkhovna Rada rejected President Leonid Kuchma's candidate for chairman of the State Property Fund on April 9.

Volodymyr Lanovyi, acting privatization chief since Mr. Kuchma appointed him last month, would have required 226 votes in his favor but received only 148, with 108 opposed, reported Reuters.

Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz said Mr. Lanovyi would stay on as acting chairman of the state privatization agency, previously headed by Yurii Yekhanurov, who in February was appointed minister of the economy.

The Verkhovna Rada's Economic Policy Committee must decide whether Mr. Lanovyi's candidacy should be renewed or whether a new candidate should be put forward, Mr. Moroz added.

Reuters reported that one national deputy said reformist members of Parliament had opposed Mr. Lanovyi because they did not view him as a reformer, while Communist deputies were against him because they though him too reformist.

He also heads the Kyiv International Stock Exchange.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 13, 1997, No. 15, Vol. LXV

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