Vitaliy Haiduk
Ukrainian businessman and politician
Vitaliy Haiduk (born 19 July 1957) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. One of the founders of the corporation Industrial Union of Donbas. PhD. From 10 October 2006 to 12 May 2007 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. One of the richest Ukrainians, his estimated net worth is $2.7 billion.
Biography
Haiduk was born in the village Khlibodarivka, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. He is married and has a son and a daughter.
Education: Donetsk Polytechnic Institute (1980), engineer-economist, "Economics and Organization of the engineering industry", PhD thesis "Organizational — economic mechanism of leasing" (National Academy of Sciences Institute of Industrial Economics, 2001).
From 1980 — engineer, Donetsk Polytechnic Institute.
1981–1988 — Senior Economist, Head of Economics and Labour, Deputy Director of Economics, Donetsk Regional Center "AvtoVAZtehobsluhovuvannya".
1988–1994 — Director, Zuyevskaya electromechanical plant.
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