Ivan Bokyi


Ivan Bokyi was a Ukrainian journalist and politician who served as a Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada between 1998 and 2007.
Bokyi was born in Hlobyne, Poltava, and graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Bokyi worked as a journalist prior to his election to the Verkhovna Rada in 1998 on the party list of the Socialist Party – Peasant Party. He later formally joined the Socialist Party of Ukraine, and represented the party in the parliament through 2007.
Bokyi died on 24 March 2020, aged 78.