Yuriy Zbitnyev


Yuriy Ivanovych Zbitnyev was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the "New Power" Party.

Background

Zbitnyev was a founding member of the "Young Ukraine" party in 1999 and is a member of the coordinating board of public non-governmental organization "Union of tax payers of Ukraine". In 2000, he founded a Ukraine-wide association of manufacturers of infusion solutions, which includes 14 enterprises. In 1999 he created a company "Gramed", which manufactured pharmaceutical medications. From 1995 to 1996 he was first vice-chair of Central Board of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. In his program he proposes reducing the number of administrative divisions of Ukraine from 24 to 9.