Les Tanyuk

Les Tanyuk
Les Tanyuk
Лесь Танюк
	Tanyuk in 2011
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	In office; 15 May 1990 – 23 November 2007
Preceded by	Position established (1990); Roman Ivanychuk and Yevhen Hryniv [uk] (1994); Constituency established (1998);
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished (1994, 1998); Ivan Stoiko (2002);
Constituency	Kyiv, Vatutinskyi District (1990–1994); Lviv Oblast, Drohobych (1994–1998); Ternopil Oblast, No. 166 (1998–2002); Our Ukraine Bloc, No. 12 (2002–2006); Our Ukraine Bloc, No. 14 (2006–2007);
Personal details
Born	Leonid Stepanovych Tanyuk; 7 August 1938; Zhukyn [uk], Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	18 March 2016 (aged 77)
Political party	People's Movement of Ukraine
Other political; affiliations	Our Ukraine Bloc
Alma mater	National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv

Leonid (Les) Stepanovych Tanyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід (Лесь) Танюкcode: uk is deprecated , August 7, 1938 – March 18, 2016) was a Ukrainian theatre and movie director. He was a dissident and the head of the Club of Creative Youth. After 1991's Ukrainian independence Tanyuk became a multiple re-elected member of the Ukrainian parliament.^[1]

Tanyuk died on March 18, 2016 in Kyiv, Ukraine from stomach cancer at the age of 77.^[2]

References

↑ (in Ukrainian) Died outstanding director and politician Les Tanyuk, Segodnya (March 18, 2016)
↑ National artist of Ukraine Les Taniuk dies, Interfax-Ukraine (March 18, 2016)

[lss18316-1] (in Ukrainian) Died outstanding director and politician Les Tanyuk, Segodnya (March 18, 2016)

[2] National artist of Ukraine Les Taniuk dies, Interfax-Ukraine (March 18, 2016)

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