Mykhailo Chechetov

Mykhailo Vasylyovych Chechetov (; 3 October 1953 – 28 February 2015) was a Russian-born Ukrainian politician. He was a former first deputy head of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction; and de facto its Chief Whip. Chechetov died by suicide on 27 February 2015. In 1979 he graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Economics Institute with a degree in economics and organization of mining industry. He left behind his wife Natalia Chechetov (born in 1954 and an employee of the Ukrainian parliament) and his daughter Tatiana Chechetov-Terashvili (born 1979 and a lecturer of the Kharkiv National University of Economics).