The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the Cabinet of Ministers. Newly appointed ministers are already making their statements about their first steps in new posts
The Minister of Economic Development of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius predicts the dismissal of his deputies.
As the newly elected minister said: “Most likely, most people will have to be changed.”
In turn, the new Minister of Finance Natalya Yaresko noted that effective employees of the ministry can be kept at work. She also promised to present a draft state budget for 2015 by December 20.
In addition, all the appointed “foreign” ministers stated that, by agreement, they have complete freedom in forming their teams.
Full list of the new Cabinet of Ministers (based on materials TSN):
Gennady Zubko
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services – Gennady Zubko37 years old. Born in Nikolaev. In 1991 he graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Automated Control Systems. He took individual courses at Northwestern University in Illinois, Chicago, as well as at the National University “Kiev-Mohyla Academy”, where in 2008 he received a second education with a degree in manager-economist. Zubko began his political career in 2006, becoming a deputy of the Zhytomyr Regional Council. In 2010, he headed the “Front Zmin” faction in the regional council. In May 2012, Zubko became the head of the Zhytomyr regional election headquarters of the United Opposition VO “Fatherland”. In December of the same year, he became a people’s deputy of Ukraine from the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna” party, elected in single-mandate district No. 62. In December 2012, Zubko held the post of first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Construction, Urban Development, Housing and Communal Services and Regional politics. From May to June 2014, Zubko temporarily headed the State Administration of Affairs. On June 10, 2014, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine. From 2010 until now, Zubko has been the chairman of the board of PJSC Zhytomyr Plant of Enclosing Structures. Married, has two children.
Vyacheslav Kirilenko
Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Culture of Ukraine – Vyacheslav Kirilenko. Born on June 7, 1968 in the village. Polesskoe, Kyiv region in a family of teachers. Married. His wife Ekaterina teaches at the department of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Two children. In 1993 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, and in 1996 – postgraduate studies at Kiev University. T.G. Shevchenko. He began to engage in political activities while still studying. In 1989 – 1992 he chaired the secretariat of the Ukrainian Student Union (USU), and a year later he headed the USU. In 1993-2002 he was the head of the All-Ukrainian youth public organization “Young Rukh”. Since 1993 – member of the People’s Movement of Ukraine. Two years later he became a member of the presidium of the Central Leadership of the NRU. He held this position until 1999. At the same time, until 1998, he was the head of the analysis department of the NRU secretariat. In 1998-2002, Kirilenko worked as a people’s deputy of Ukraine in the Rada of the third convocation. In particular, he was secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Labor. In 2001 – member of the Presidium of the public committee “For Truth!”, co-chairman of the Youth Coalition “Our Ukraine”. Since 2002, Kirilenko became deputy head of the Ukrainian People’s Party. 2002-2005 – People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the fourth convocation from V. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc, 1st Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Labor. February 4, 2005 – September 2005 – Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine. September 27, 2005 – Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. Since May 25, 2006 – People’s Deputy of Ukraine from the Our Ukraine party. Since December 25, 2006 – leader of the Our Ukraine faction. 2007 – received a deputy mandate on the list of the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc (No. 2). Leader of the NUNS faction. Member of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality. 2009 – elected leader of the social movement “For Ukraine!”, And later – leader of the party “For Ukraine!” 2014 – introduced into the agenda of the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada the bill “On invalidating the Law of Ukraine” on the fundamentals of state language policy.” 232 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill. 2014 – elected to the Rada of the eighth convocation as a deputy from the Popular Front party.
Stepan Poltorak
Minister of Defense of Ukraine – Stepan Poltorak (read more about him Stepan Poltorak: the new Kuchma needed a new Kuzmuk). Born on February 11, 1965 in the village of Veselaya Dolina, Tarutinsky district, Odessa region. He graduated from the Ordzhonikidzhevsky Higher Military Command School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Military Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2003 he defended his dissertation for a candidate of pedagogical sciences on the topic “Pedagogical conditions for the formation of unit commander skills among future officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.” In August 1983, he entered military service, which he served as a platoon commander, company commander, battalion chief of staff, battalion commander, regiment commander, and brigade commander. Since March 2002 – Head of the Academy of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. February 28, 2014 – by decree of the Speaker of Parliament Alexander Turchynov, he was appointed to the position of Head of the Main Directorate – Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. April 15, 2014 – confirmed as commander of the National Guard of Ukraine. August 23, 2014 – awarded the military rank of Colonel General. On October 14, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada voted to appoint Stepan Poltorak to the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. His candidacy, introduced to parliament by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, was supported by 245 people’s representatives. On October 27, 2014, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, by decree No. 827/2014, introduced Stepan Poltorak to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. For exemplary service and conscientious performance of official duties, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, III degree, the medal “For Military Merit”, the badge of the President of Ukraine “For Impeccable Service”, the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “Honorary Badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine”, the badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “Knight of the Law” , badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “Cross of Glory”, badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “For the safety of the people” I and II degrees, badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “Law and Honor”, badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine “For the development of science, technology and education” of I and II degrees, badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine – medal “For professionalism in management”.
Pavel Klimkin
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Pavel Klimkin. Born on December 25, 1967 in the Russian city of Kursk. Higher education. In 1991, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a degree in physics and applied mathematics, but since 1993 he changed his field of activity to diplomacy – for the next few years he worked as an attaché, and subsequently as the third and second secretary of the Department of Military Control and Disarmament of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 1997-2000 – third, second secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Germany 2000-2002 – first secretary, adviser to the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (nuclear and energy security) 2002-2004 – head of the department of economic and sectoral cooperation with the EU of the Department of European Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 2004- 2008 – Minister Counselor of the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK 03.2008-04.2010 – Director of the European Union Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 04.2010 – 04.2011 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 04.2011 – 06.2012 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Chief of Staff 06.2012 – 06.2014 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Federal Republic Republic of Germany. On June 19, 2014, Klimkin received the post of head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. As head of the diplomatic department, Klimkin made a number of internal personnel changes, in particular, he recalled many Ukrainian ambassadors from other countries, and also carried out a reform of the diplomatic corps. Speaks English and German, has basic knowledge of French. It is significant that one of the few Ukrainian ministers who communicates without an interpreter during official meetings with foreign colleagues. Active user of social networks. Family. Married, has two sons.
Arsen Avakov
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine UNIAN – Arsen Avkov50 years old. He was born in the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, into a military family. Since 1966 he moved to Ukraine. Avakov graduated from the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute in 1988 with a degree in Automated Control Systems. In 1990, he founded and headed the Investor joint-stock company, and in 1992, the Basis commercial bank. He was elected a member of the executive committee of the Kharkov City Council in 2002, and in 2005 he was appointed by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko as head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration. In February 2010, he resigned, protesting against Yushchenko’s systemic steps to support Viktor Yanukovych. In April 2010, he joined the Batkivshchyna party. In October of the same year, he took part in the elections of the Kharkov mayor, but lost to Gennady Kernes. Avakov is a deputy of the Kharkov Regional Council of the V and VI convocations. From September 2011 to December 2012, he was in political exile in Italy due to persecution by the then government, and in October 2012 he was elected people’s deputy of the seventh convocation from the Batkivshchyna party. On February 27, 2014, he was first appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Avakov has a wife and son.
Aivaras Abromavicius
Minister of Economic Development – Aivaras Abromavicius. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania. As a child, he was the USSR champion in basketball, studied in Estonia at the first business school in the former USSR – American University, and graduated from Concordia International University in Tallinn. While still studying, Abromavicius began working at the largest Baltic bank, Hansabank, and at the age of 22 he became director of the securities department there. But Abromavicius built a successful career in Sweden. Abromavicius is now a partner in the Swedish investment company East Capital, to which he was invited by its founder Peter Elam Hakansson. The company received this name due to its focus on the markets of Eastern Europe. She invested not only in Ukrainian, but also Russian markets. So, Abromavicius lived in Moscow for some time, and then headed the company’s Kyiv office. Now Abromavicius lives in Kyiv. He has a Ukrainian wife, who is one of the directors of the East Capital asset – the Ukrainian company Agro Region.
Natalia Yaresko
Minister of Finance – Natalya Yaresko. The candidacy of Natalya Yaresko was proposed by “Samopomich”. She is one of the co-founders of Horizon Capital and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Jaresko grew up in Chicago, the son of Ukrainians who emigrated from the United States after World War II. She received a master’s degree in public policy from the School of Government. Kennedy from Harvard University in 1989, and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois) in 1987. After receiving her education, Yaresko got a job in the economic division of the US State Department, where she specialized in USSR issues. After the collapse of the Union, Yaresko moved to Ukraine, where until 1995 she headed the economic department of the US Embassy. After completing the contract, Yaresko did not return to the United States, but went to work for the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), a private equity fund to support small and medium-sized businesses, for the creation of which the US government allocated $150 million. In 2001, Yaresko headed WNISEF, and in 2006 On the wave of interest in Ukraine after the Orange Revolution, she founded her own company, Horizon Capital. During its existence, the fund has invested more than $250 million in Ukrainian companies. In general, Yaresko has 23 years of professional experience in the region, primarily in Ukraine. In 2003, for her contribution to the development of the Ukrainian economy, Yaresko was awarded the Order of Princess Olga by the President of Ukraine. She was also a member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Investment under President Yushchenko and the Advisory Committee of the Ukrainian Center for the Promotion of Foreign Investment under the Cabinet of Ministers.
Vladimir Demchishin
Minister of Energy and Coal Industry – Vladimir Demchishin. Since August of this year, Demchishin has headed the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the fields of energy and utilities (NCRECP). Prior to his appointment as chairman of the National Regulatory Commission for Economic and Economic Cooperation, Demchishin worked as director of the investment banking services department of the Investment Capital Ukraine (ICU) group. And the chairman of the board of directors of ICU was the current head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva. Demchishin has worked at ICU since 2008. Before that, he was vice president of ING Bank and manager of the corporate finance department at Ernst & Young. Demchishin has three higher education degrees. The first is a diploma in international economic relations from Lviv State University. The second is a specialist degree (Kaufman diploma) received from the European University “Viadrina” in Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany. Third, he received an MBA degree in international finance from the University of Kansas Business School in the USA. Fluent in three foreign languages – English, German and Polish. Demchishin is from Ternopil. He is 41 years old. Outside of work, he is also a children’s writer – he writes fairy tales, stories and poems. He was “infected” with his creativity by his father, a writer who published 16 collections during his lifetime. Demchishin began writing poetry while still in school. But his creative breakthrough occurred after his daughter Angelina was born at the age of 35. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a restaurant chef, so another of his specialties is as a chef-technologist. Loves fishing. Own fishing record – caught a 700-gram pike. Member of trade unions and organizations of journalists, writers and public figures.
Alexey Pavlenko
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food – Alexey Pavlenko. Graduate of the Faculty of Economics of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy. In addition, in 2002 he graduated from the MBA School of Business at Nyenrode University in the Netherlands. He managed the Foxtrot chain of stores and headed one of the largest agricultural holdings, Rise. Now Pavlenko is a partner of the Pharus Assets Management Investment Fund, head of the Int-Invest trust council, and a member of the European Dairy Technologies trust council.
Andrey Pivovarsky
Minister of Infrastructure – Andrey Pivovarsky. The Minister of Infrastructure is the CEO of the Continuum group of companies, which includes, in particular, WOG gas stations owned by Igor Eremeev, one of the odious people’s deputies who entered the Verkhovna Rada. Since 2006, Pivovarsky has worked at the investment company Dragon Capital (Ukraine) as Managing Director, Director of the Investment Banking Department. Before that, he worked in the Moscow office of IFC, where he managed an investment portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe in the amount of $100 million. Pivovarsky has a Western education – a master’s degree in international business and finance from Fletcher School, Tufts University (USA).
Pavel Petrenko
Minister of Justice – Pavel Petrenko35 years old. He was born in the city of Chernivtsi. Petrenko studied at the Faculty of Law of the Chernivtsi National University named after Fedkovych and received a diploma with honors in the specialty “Jurisprudence”. In addition, he received a diploma from the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. Until 2010, the current Minister of Justice practiced law, and in November 2010 he was elected as a deputy of the Kyiv Regional Council. At the parliamentary elections in December 2012, Petrenko served as head of the legal department of the United Opposition “Batkivshchyna” and was the people’s deputy of the Rada of the seventh convocation from this political force. Petrenko was also one of the active participants in Euromaidan, and starting from November 26, 2013, he participated in the release of detained Maidan protesters. In March 2014, Petrenko resigned as a people’s deputy of Ukraine due to his appointment as Minister of Justice of Ukraine.
(Read more about him in the article by Pavel Petrenko. “Pocket” boy of Yatsenyuk’s “Family”)
Alexander Kvitashvili
Minister of Health – Alexander Kvitashvili. The former head of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Affairs of Georgia, Alexander Kvitashvili, was born in Tbilisi, studied in the USA, at the Robert F. Wagner Higher School of Public Service. Some time after receiving his education, he returned to Georgia, where he worked in the Georgian office of the UN Development Program as an administration and finance officer. In 2002, Kvitashvili became the national expert coordinator of the subcommittee of the health sector, education and social programs for economic growth and poverty alleviation. He also worked as a consultant in various international organizations in Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Armenia and Serbia. In addition, Kvitashvili worked in New York at the Institute of East and West and as a consultant to the Institute for the Transatlantic Partnership Against AIDS. In 2004, he was appointed director of administration of the EastWest Institute. In 2005, he was appointed chief director of the administration of this institute and became a member of the board of directors. Kvitashvili has published several analytical works related to healthcare reform and social protection analysis. Alexander Kvitashvili served as Minister of Health in 2008-2010. He was also the rector of Tbilisi State University.
Yuri Stets
Minister of Information – Yuriy Stets. The new ministry will be involved in the implementation of a unified information security program, countering the information aggression of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) and preventing external influence on the information space of Ukraine. facebook.com/yura.stets Yuri Stets is 38 years old. He was born in the city of Chortkiv, Ternopil region. In 1996, he graduated from the Chernigov College of Arts, and in 2009 from the Kharkov State Polytechnic University with a degree in Information Systems Manager. In 2011, he received a diploma in foreign economic activity management. Stets worked as a journalist and reporter for various Ukrainian media, and in 2002 he became the general producer of NBM Television and Radio Company LLC (“Channel 5”). Since 2007, he was the director of LLC TV and Radio Company NBM-Radio and a member of the supervisory board of Channel 5. In 2007, he was a people’s deputy of Ukraine from the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc and secretary of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information. From February to December 2012, Stets was the head of this committee. Since December 2012, he became the people’s deputy of the seventh convocation of the Rada from “Batkivshchyna” and also became a member of the committee on freedom of speech and information. Stets is married to Channel 5 journalist Yana Konotop and has three children.
Pavel Rosenko
Minister of Social Policy – Pavel Rozenko (Read more about him in the article by Pavel Rozenko. History of the Minister of Subsidies and Pensions). Born on July 15, 1970 in Kyiv in a family of employees. In particular, his mother headed the department of the State Television and Radio Company of Ukraine. Pavel Rozenko graduated from the capital’s Polytechnic. During his student years, he was one of the founders of the first independent all-Ukrainian student organization – the Ukrainian Student Union (USU). He headed the Kyiv city organization of the USS, and was also the first deputy chairman of the USS. Since 1989, he was a member of the People’s Movement of Ukraine, later – the Young Movement, and also took an active part in the largest student protests of the 90s – “Revolution on Granite”. Since the independence of Ukraine, he has worked as a civil servant: 1994-2000 – assistant-consultant to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine; 2000-2001 – Assistant to the Minister, Head of the Support Service for the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine; 2001-2005 – assistant-consultant to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine; 2005 (February) – First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine; 2007 – Head of the Social Policy Service of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine; 2008 – 2010 (June) – First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine, became an Honored Social Worker of Ukraine; Since 2010 – independent expert on social policy issues, leading expert of the Center named after. A. Razumkova, public figure; Since 2012, a member of Vitaliy Klitschko’s UDAR party, he was number 10 in the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 2012 (October) – People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Labor. Pavel Rozenko is also the author of more than 100 articles and publications on social policy, pension reform, the system of benefits and compensation in Ukraine, wages, as well as other aspects of social and labor relations. He has the title of civil servant of the 1st rank.
Sergey Kvit
Minister of Education and Science – Sergei Kvit. Born on November 26, 1965 in Transcarpathia in picturesque Uzhgorod. After graduating from high school in Lviv in 1982, he served in the 29th separate sports company of the Carpathian Military District. After the service, I went to the preparatory department of the Faculty of Journalism of the Kyiv State University. Shevchenko, who graduated in 1991. He defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Kiev National University. Later – a doctoral dissertation at the Ukrainian Free University. He began teaching in 1996 at the Institute of Journalism, where he worked until 2001. For two years he headed the press and book publishing department of the State Committee for Information Policy, Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine. He began working in his specialty in 1991 in the magazine “Word and Time”. For several months he worked at the National University “Kiev-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) as editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Tak”. In addition, he opened a journalism school in Mogilyanka, the director of which he served until 2007. At the same time, he held the position of dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies at NaUKMA. In 2007 he became president of Mogilyanka. In 2014, after the Revolution of Dignity, he took the chair of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Sergey Kvit has received numerous awards. In 2014 he received the St. Vladimir medal.
Anna Onishchenko
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers – Anna Onishchenko. Anna Onishchenko is 30 years old and comes from Kyiv. 2007 – became a Master of Law, graduating from the Master’s program at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in Jurisprudence. 2011 – received the scientific degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences. She began her career as a student. 2004-2006 – legal consultant of the Kyiv branch of A-Lex Law Firm LLC. 2006-2007 – legal consultant of the Department of Interregional Business and Legal Support of the representative office of PrivatBank in Kyiv. 2007-2009 – lawyer at CJSC Capital Legal Group. 2009-2013 – Head of the Corporate Governance Department of MLGroup Law Firm LLC. 2013-2014 – leading legal consultant of the claims department of the legal support department of PJSC Ukrnafta. From March to May 2014 – Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine – Chief of Staff. Since May 2014 – Chairman of the State Registration Service of Ukraine. Anna Onishchenko’s declaration for 2013 indicates that she was single at that time. The total amount of her income for the past year was 35 thousand UAH, of which 30 thousand were salaries, and the rest were dividends and interest. She has an apartment with an area of 106.2 sq.m., which she bought for almost 980 thousand UAH. There were 3.7 thousand UAH in bank accounts at that time. In addition, she contributed 20 thousand UAH to the authorized capital of some enterprise. Last year, Anna Onishchenko represented the interests of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who at that time was the chairman of the Batkivshchyna faction in the Rada, in the Pechersky Court of Kyiv. Then the court ordered Yatsenyuk to refute information about the organization of provocations at the rally on May 18, 2013 in Kyiv by the then NSDC Secretary Andrei Klyuyev.
Igor Zhdanov
Minister of Youth and Sports – Igor Zhdanov. In 1992 he graduated from the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University. In 1994 – postgraduate studies at the Law Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, in 1996 – courses at Thames Valley University (UK). In 1994, he was a representative of Ukrainian presidential candidate Leonid Kuchma in the Central Election Commission. In 1994-1995 he worked in the legal department of the Administration of the President of Ukraine and a group of assistants to President Kuchma. In 1997-1999 – employee of the staff of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (assistant deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council). In 1995-1997 and 1999-2005 – director of political and legal programs at the Ukrainian Center for Economic and Political Research named after Alexander Razumkov. Since 2002 – freelance consultant to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on the fight against organized crime and corruption. In 2004, he was a leading analyst at the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. In 2005-2007 – first deputy chairman of the central executive committee of the People’s Union “Our Ukraine” party, member of the political council of the party. At the parliamentary elections of 2006 and 2007, he was a member of the leadership of the central headquarters of the Our Ukraine and Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense blocs. Since May 2008 – President of the Open Politics analytical center (Kyiv). Zhdanov is married. There is a son and a daughter. Hobbies: biblical history, history of the Second World War, science fiction.
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Management – Igor Shevchenko. (“Fatherland”; lawyer, founder of the Meritocratic Party)
Valery Voshchevsky
Deputy Prime Minister – Valery Voshchevsky. (“Radical Party of Lyashko”; former chairman of the board of JSC State Joint-Stock Company “Highways of Ukraine”, chairman of the State Highway Service of Ukraine “Ukravtodor”, current chairman of the supervisory board of PJSC Chernigov Confectionery Factory “Strela”).
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