Kenneth Patrick Krawetz is a Canadian provincial politician

Politician

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. He is the Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan Party

The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...

 member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

 for the constituency of Canora-Pelly

Canora-Pelly

Canora-Pelly is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. The constituency was created by the Representation Act, 1994 out of the former districts of Canora and Pelly....

, and the current Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan.

Background

Krawetz was first elected to the Saskatchewan legislature in the 1995 provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 1995

The Saskatchewan general election of 1995 was the twenty-third provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 21, 1995 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 as a Liberal. He became Leader of the Opposition

Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan)

A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1906 to the present. There was no designated Leader of the Opposition for the sessions of 1921 and 1922.In the period 1925-1929 C.E. Tran and J.T.M...

 in 1996 when Jim Melenchuk

Jim Melenchuk

Jim Melenchuk is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2003....

 was chosen Liberal Party leader as Melenchuk did not have a seat in the legislature. In 1997, Ken Krawetz joined four other Liberal MLAs and four Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

 MLAs in leaving their respective parties in order to form the new Saskatchewan Party. He remained as Leader of the Opposition until the 1999 election

Saskatchewan general election, 1999

The Saskatchewan general election of 1999 was the twenty-fourth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on September 16, 1999 to elect members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 of Saskatchewan Party leader Elwin Hermanson

Elwin Hermanson

Elwin Norris Hermanson is a Canadian politician, best known for being the first full-time leader of the Saskatchewan Party....

 to the legislature.

Following the 2007 provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 2007

The 26th Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2007; the writ was dropped on October 10, 2007. The election determined the composition of the 26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 that saw the Saskatchewan Party take power for the first time the new Premier

Premier of Saskatchewan

The Premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....

, Brad Wall

Brad Wall

Bradley John "Brad" Wall, MLA is a Canadian politician who has been the 14th Premier of Saskatchewan since November 21, 2007....

, appointed Krawetz to cabinet

Executive Council of Saskatchewan

The Executive Council of Saskatchewan is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

 as Deputy Premier and Minister of Education. In a cabinet shuffle

Cabinet shuffle

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 on June 29, 2010, Premier Wall appointed Ken Krawetz as Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance.

Awards

In January 2009, Ken Krawetz was presented with the Order of King Yaroslav the Wise – the highest honour a non-citizen of Ukraine

Ukraine

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 can receive – by Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...

, in recognition of Krawetz's efforts in ensuring the passage of the Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor

Holodomor

The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the Ukrainian SSR between 1932 and 1933. During the famine, which is also known as the "terror-famine in Ukraine" and "famine-genocide in Ukraine", millions of Ukrainians died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of...

Memorial Day) Act (Bill 40) through the Saskatchewan legislature; and in promoting awareness throughout the province of the Holodomor's 75th anniversary during 2007 and 2008.