Ihor Yushko
Ukrainian politician
Ihor Olegovich Yushko (Ukrainian: Ігор Олегович Юшко; born 21 August 1961) is a Ukrainian politician who was formerly the Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2002.
Early life and education
Yushko was born on 21 August 1961 in the city of Zhdanov, Ukraine SSR, and he received his diplomas from the Kharkiv Engineering and Economic Institute in 1987 after graduating from the Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute in 1983. Also, he has a certificate from the Michel Institute designating him as a Western European market consultant.
Career
Early career
Prior to Yushko's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as a leading engineer at the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant from 1983 to 1992, and first deputy chairman, head of the board of the First Ukrainian International Bank (Donetsk), controlled by SCM Holdings of the famous Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov since 1992; People's Deputy of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine III on Finance and Banking. At the time of the elections, he was a member of the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002; a member of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine in 2000.
Ministerial career
Yushko was named State Secretary of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance in December 2001, and Anatoliy Kinakh's government soon after appointed him Minister of Finance later that month on the 27th. A later adviser to Viktor Yanukovych, the Ukrainian prime minister. Since 2002, he has been the vice-president of Victor Pinchuk's Interpipe enterprise and head of the supervisory boards of Ukrsotsbank and Oranta insurance company. chairman of the board of the Public Joint Stock Corporation Subsidiary Bank of Sberbank of Russia since November 2008.
Post-Ministerial career
Yushko was appointed as a non-staff adviser to the head of state on 22 March 2010, by order of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, and on 24 February 2014, by order of the acting president.
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