Viktor Skomorokha
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| office = Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
| term_start = 19 October 1999
| term_end = 18 October 2000
| president = Leonid Kuchma
| nominator = Congress of Judges
| predecessor = Ivan Tymchenko
| successor = Mykola Selivon
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|2|7}}
| birth_place = Matrosove, Solone Raion, Ukrainian SSR
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| nationality = Ukrainian
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| alma_mater = Kharkiv Law Institute (1963-67)
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (2001)
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Viktor Skomorokha ({{langx|uk|Віктор Єгорович Скомороха}}) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. He became better known for chairing the Constitutional Court when it lifted a ban of the Communist Party of Ukraine.Alexei Trochev. Ukraine: Constitutional Court invalidates ban on Communist Party.
Skomorokha is from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. His working career he started at the Zhovtneva Revolyutsiya (October Revolution) kolkhoz in village of Promin. After his obligatory military service Skomorokha enrolled to the Kharkiv Law Institute. He graduated Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv Law Institute) in 1967 and after a brief internship-like training, until 1969 Skomorokha was a people's judge at the Krasnyi Luch city court.
In 1969 to 1976 Skomorokha worked as a judge at the Luhansk Oblast court. In 1976-1996 he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (judicial college on criminal matters). In 1996-2005 he was a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. In 1999 at the presidential inauguration Skomorokha was administering an oath from the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.[https://photo.unian.net/eng/detail/1506.html Photo from the Presidential inauguration]. UNIAN. 9 February 2000
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External links
- [http://www.ccu.gov.ua/en/publikaciya/viktor-skomorokha Viktor Skomorokha]. Constitutional Court of Ukraine website.
- [http://dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=49354 Viktor Skomorokha] at the Official Ukraine Today
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Category:People from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Category:Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University alumni
Category:Constitutional Court of Ukraine judges
Category:Judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
Category:Ukrainian presidential inaugurations
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