The VR has backed the appointment
of Party of Regions member, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee
Viktor Korzh for the post of Family, Youth and Sports Minister by 247 votes, “Cabinet
press office” reported.
Viktor Korzh, born on
August 3, 1957 in Kharkiv, graduated from the Kharkiv Medical University in
1982 and the Kyiv State Physical Culture Institute in 1989. Viktor Korzh used
to occupy the posts of Deputy Chief of the Kharkiv Regional Rada "Dynamo"
and the Deputy Chief of the "Investor" company, the mayor-general of
the police, the President of the Gymnastics Federation of Ukraine, the Vice
President of the National Olympic Committee and people's deputy, representative
of the Regions Party.
The previous minister Yuri
Pavlenko was dismissed on November 29.