Stanislav Melnyk

Stanislav Anatoliyovych Melnyk (; 11 July 1961 – 9 March 2015) was a Ukrainian businessman and politician.

Early life and business career Melnyk was born on 11 July 1961 in Berezivka, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. In 1983, he graduated from the Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies, where he specialized in machines of food production and received the qualification of a mechanical engineer.

Political career Between 2002 and 2006 Melnyk was member of the Donetsk City Council.

He was member of the Verkhovna Rada of the fifth (2006–2007) and sixth (2007–2012) convocations for the Party of Regions.

Personal life and death He was married to Larysa Oleksandrivna, a senior lecturer at the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after M. Tugan-Baranovsky. He left a suicide note asking for forgiveness.