Leonid Yakovyshyn

Leonid Hryhorovych Yakovyshyn was a Ukrainian farmer, politician and publicist. He was the General Director of Zemlya i Volya LLC.

Life and career

Yakovyshyn was born on 19 May 1939 in Koziatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast. He was a member of the 1st Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.
Yakovyshyn died at the Shalimov National Scientific Center for Surgery and Transplantology on 26 July 2025, at the age of 86.

Awards

Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the State — ''for outstanding personal services to the Ukrainian state in the development of the agro-industrial complex, achievement of high production indicators, many years of selfless work.''