During his studies at the
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyrylenko was one of the initiators of a political student strike at the
October Revolution Square in
Kyiv, the so-called
Revolution on Granite which was held from October 12 to 17, 1990, which eventually led to the resignation the
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine Vitaly Masol. and became a member of the
People's Movement of Ukraine.). The alliance lost 9 seats but its
percentage of total votes slightly improved. In 2008 Kyrylenko was replaced as head of Our Ukraine party of its
Honorary President Viktor Yushchenko. In December Kyrylenko resigned from the post as head of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in protest against the reformation of the coalition that supported the
second Tymoshenko Government with
Bloc of Lytvyn. In November 2009 Kyrylenko started to cooperate with the
Party of Social Protection In November 2009 Kyrylenko was awarded the
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree. Kyrylenko was placed at number 4 on the electoral list of
Batkivshchina during the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Kyrylenko was instrumental in the attempt to repeal the national 2012 Law "
On the principles of the state language policy". On 23 February 2014, the second day after the flight of Viktor Yanukovich, while in a parliamentary session Kyrylenko moved to include in the agenda a draft that would repeal the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy". The motion was carried with 232 deputies voting in favour, the draft was included into the agenda, immediately put to a vote and approved with the same 232 voting in favour. Repeal of the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy" was met with great disdain in
Crimea and
Southern and
Eastern Ukraine provoking waves of anti-government protests, ultimately culminating with the
Crimean crisis. The acting President Oleksandr Turchinov announced on February 28, 2014 that he won't be signing the law into action, but this reaction came too late to curb the unfolding crisis. In September 2014 Kyrylenko became a founding member of his new party
People's Front. ==Family==