President Leonid Kuchma initiates the appointment of Volodymyr Stelmakh to the post of head of the National Bank of Ukraine. This was reported by Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn during a conciliation council of leaders of parliamentary factions and groups, according to a proUA correspondent. \n \nLytvyn noted that the head of state has already sent a corresponding submission to parliament for the appointment of Stelmakh. At the same time, the president sent a submission to the Rada on the dismissal of National Bank head Serhiy Tihipko. \n \nRecall that on November 29, 2004, Serhiy Tihipko resigned from the post of NBU head and simultaneously left the post of head of Viktor Yanukovych's Central Election Headquarters.