Josyp Winski

Yosyp Vikentiyovych Vinsky (; born 2 January 1956) is a Ukrainian politician who became the fifth Minister of Transport and Communication from 2007 to 2009.

Early life and education Yosyp is born on 2 January 1956 in the village of Loshkivtsi, Ukraine SSR, and graduated from the Kamianets-Podilskyi Agricultural Institute, majoring in mechanical engineering in 1977. He went on to study at the Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, as a political scientist.

Career

Early career

Prior to Yosyp's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as a diagnostic engineer of Kamianets-Podilskyi district association Agricultural machinery of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, and later as a chief engineer of the state farm named after Shchorsa VO Soyuzsortnasinnyaovoch of the Dubno Raion of the Rivne Oblast from 1977 to 1979; a designer and senior engineer of the Kamianets-Podilskyi branch of the Kyiv special PKB Ukrsortnasinniaovoch from 1979 to 1981; a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1983; work with the Komsomol from 1981 to 1991;

In October 1991, he has been a member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU). He headed the Khmelnytskyi regional organization of the SPU; During the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd convocation from April 1994 to April 1998, as the Horodotsk electoral district No.411 of Khmelnytskyi Raion. During the election campaign, he was the first deputy head of the election staff of BYuT. Yosyp would later give a notice of his resignation on 17 June 2009. He stated that his choice was made due to severe disagreements with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over political, personnel, and economic matters, as well as the ethics of relationships between members of the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine. Vinsky left Batkivshchyna on the same day. On 23 June 2009, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to remove him from his position as Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine. On 9 February 2010, he headed the People's Power political party. On 17 December 2011, he was elected deputy chairman of the United Left and Peasants party.

Personal life Yosyp is married and has two children; a son and a daughter. His hobbies are gardening and hunting.