Sergiy Komissarenko (or Serhiy V. Komisarenko) was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych He is chairman of the O. Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Національна академія наук України Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny) is the highest state research Since 2001, he has been a member of the board of Public Initiative 'Forum of National Salvation. ' Since 1999, he has been the first vice-chairman of the Ukrainian Board of Peace. He is president of the Ukrainian Biochemistry Society, president and a founder of the Ukrainian International Institute of Peace and Democracy, and a member of the interagency committee in charge of new biotechnologies. In 1999 he was campaign manager for presidential candidate Evgen Marchuk. He was an Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom from 1992 to 1998 and to Ireland from 1995 to 1998. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world His election program included a guarantee of a state monopoly for the manufacturing of tobacco and alcohol products, and gradual political reform after the 2006 parliamentary elections. In his program, he paid great attention to the development of science and education. In international relations he favours a policy of neutrality.