Ukrainian politician, businessman, and former footballer
Petro Petrovych Dyminskyi (Ukrainian: Петро́ Петро́вич Димі́нський; born 27 November 1954) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman and former footballer for FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. He served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2002 to 2006 as a representative of Ukraine's 122nd electoral district, located in Lviv Oblast. Originally elected as a member of the Our Ukraine Bloc, he later joined the Party of Regions.
Biography
In the 1990s, Dyminskyi worked as a director of selected mines in the Western Ukraine.[citation needed] He owns or co-owns the Ukrainian football team FC Karpaty Lviv, WOG, ZIK, and Halychyna Oil Refinery.[1][2]
He was a people's Deputy of Ukraine, serving in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) from 2002 to 2006.[3] He was elected on the list (as non-partisan) of Our Ukraine but later switched to the faction of Party of Regions.[4]
Along with some other People's Deputies (Ihor Yeremeyev, Stepan Ivakhiv and Serhiy Lahur), in December 2012 he founded the fuel-industrial group Kontinium.[5][6][7]
Dyminskyi is suspected of committing a fatal car accident, which resulted in the death of 31-year-old Natalia Trila on 18 August 2017.[8] Since 22 August 2017 Dyminskyi is in an unknown location outside Ukraine.[9]
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