Mykola Volodymyrovych Rogozhynsky (Ukrainian: Миколай Володимирович Рогатинський) was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.^[1] He was a former chairperson of the Center for Juvenile Creativity, "Zvezdopad" also spelled "Zorepad" ("Starfall"), where more than 100 children aged from 5 to 18 study for free. Rogozhynsky was also a poet, his collection "If I could.." was nominated for the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature.^[2] When vying for the 2004 election, he promised to switch the Ukrainian economy through an innovative development model focused on the hi-tech sector, modernization of science and education, investment in intellectual and labor potential of a human being. His promise includes the turning of companies that comprise the geostrategic potential of Ukraine into joint-stock companies with a majority ownership by state.

In the first round of the election, he polled 10,242 votes, 0.03% of the total, and was eliminated from the second round.