Valeriy Pustovoitenko

{{Short description|Ukrainian politician}}

{{Family name hatnote|Pavlovych|Pustovoitenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Valeriy Pustovoitenko

| native_name = {{nobold|Валерій Пустовойтенко}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| image = Ba457db9ef7084a504082a8aebbc4c50 cr.jpg

| order = 6th Prime Minister of Ukraine

| term_start = 16 July 1997

| term_end = 30 November 1999

| president = Leonid Kuchma

| predecessor = Pavlo Lazarenko

| successor = Viktor Yushchenko

| office1 = Minister of Cabinet of Ukraine

| term_start1 = April 1993

| term_end1 = September 1993

| president1 = Leonid Kravchuk

| primeminister1 = Leonid Kuchma

| predecessor1 = Anatoliy Lobov

| successor1 = Ivan Dotsenko

| term_start2 = July 1994

| term_end2 = July 1997

| president2 = {{plainlist|

• Leonid Kravchuk
• Leonid Kuchma

}}

| primeminister2 = {{plainlist|

• Vitaliy Masol
• Yevhen Marchuk
• Pavlo Lazarenko

}}

| predecessor2 = Ivan Dotsenko

| successor2 = Anatoliy Tolstoukhov

| office5 = Minister of Transportation

| term_start5 = 9 June 2001

| term_end5 = 2002

| president5 = Leonid Kuchma

| primeminister5 = Anatoliy Kinakh

| predecessor5 = Leonid Kostyuchenko

| successor5 = Heorhiy Kirpa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|2|23}}

| birth_place = Adamivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now part of Berezanka, Ukraine)

| party = People's Democratic Party

| spouse =

}}

Valeriy Pavlovych Pustovoitenko ({{langx|uk|Валерій Павлович Пустовойтенко}}; born 23 February 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister of Ukraine from 16 July 1997 to 22 December 1999.{{cite book|title=WHAT ROLE DOES UKRAINE'S NEW PRIME MINISTER PLAY IN PRESIDENT'S KUCHMA'S GAME PLAN?|last=Zviglyanich|first=Volodymyr |date=12 September 1997|work=Prism Volume: 3 Issue: 14|publisher=Jamestown Foundation|location=Washington, DC}} He resigned in connection with Leonid Kuchma's re-election for a new term.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/15/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=1|title=World Briefing|last=Neilan|first=Terence |date=15 December 1999|work=The New York Times |pages=A14|access-date=22 January 2010|location=New York, New York}} He is a former leader of the People's Democratic Party of Ukraine.{{cite journal|last=Kuzio|first=Taras|date=18 July 2004|title=Former Party-of-power Divided Over Supporting Yanukovych|journal=Eurasia Daily Monitor |volume=1|issue=54}}