Mykola Rohozhynskyy
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Mykola Volodymyrovych Rohozhynsky (Template:Langx; born 28 August 1965) was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.<ref name="Wilson2005">Template:Cite book</ref> He was a former chairperson of the Center for Juvenile Creativity, "Zvezdopad" also spelled "Zorepad" ("Starfall"), where more than 100 children aged from 5 to 18 study for free. Rogozhynsky was also a poet, his collection "If I could.." was nominated for the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When vying for the 2004 election, he promised to switch the Ukrainian economy through an innovative development model focused on the hi-tech sector, modernization of science and education, investment in intellectual and labor potential of a human being. His promise includes the turning of companies that comprise the geostrategic potential of Ukraine into joint-stock companies with a majority ownership by state.
In the first round of the election, he polled 10,242 votes, 0.03% of the total, and was eliminated from the second round.