Anton Kisse

Anton Ivanovych Kisse (, ; born 10 October 1958) is a Ukrainian politician and Bulgarian community leader currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 12 December 2012, previously serving in the role from 22 June 2004 to 25 May 2006. A former member of Party of Regions and current president of the Association of Bulgarians in Ukraine, Kisse is a native of Budjak region in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Political career He was one of the 148 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, who signed an appeal to the Polish Sejm to hold Volyn tragedy of genocide against the Poles. This statement was the first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk called one that can be equated to a national treason. From 1990 to 1998, Anton Kisse was deputy of the Odesa Oblast Council. From 1998 to 2004, he served as a deputy of the Odesa City Council. Kisse unsuccessfully contested the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election for electoral district 141, losing to . However, in the 2004 by-election in electoral district 135, Kisse successfully contested the election, becoming a People's Deputy of Ukraine.