Ihor Rostyslavovych Petrashko ( uk, Ігор Ростиславович Петрашко; born 6 October 1975) is a

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economist and politician. From 17 March 2020 until 18 May 2021 he was the Minister of Economic Development and Trade.

Biography

He studied at the

Lviv Polytechnic Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...

. In 2001, he received an MBA from the

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

(United States). Petrashko worked as a

corporate restructuring Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs. Other reasons ...

consultant. He also worked at the

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

office of

Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Global Limited, trade name EY, is a multinational professional services partnership headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and Pricewaterh ...

. From 2007 to 2013, he held positions at the (Ukrainian subsidiary of the Russian investment company) Troika Dialog Ukraine Investment Company. From 2012 to 2013 Petrashko worked in Russia where he headed a corporate business department of Sberbank (Troika Dialog is one of the investors in Sberbank). Since April 2013, Petrashko was Deputy General Director of

UkrLandFarming UkrLandFarming is a Ukrainian agricultural company, founded in 2007 by Oleg Bakhmatyuk, and as of 2022, one of the largest in the country. Controlling it is also the worlds eight largest company when measured by the acreage of controlled agricultur ...

. On 17 March 2020 Petrashko was appointed as the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. On 17 December 2020 this ministry lost its responsibility for Ukraine's agricultural policy because that day

Roman Leshchenko Roman Mykolayovych Leshchenko ( uk, Роман Миколайович Лещенко; born 23 November 1988) is a Ukrainian politician who served as Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food from December 2020 to March 2022. Head of the State Servi ...

was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food. On 14 May 2021 Petrashko offered his resignation as Minister, according to a source of

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

he was "stepping down due to inefficient performance." On 18 May 2021 the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

dismissed him as Minister.Lawmakers back Economy Ministry's resignation

(18 May 2021)

Family

Petrashko is married to Svetlana, a citizen of Russia where she co-owns a third of a 109-square-meter flat in Moscow's

Donskoy District Donskoy District (russian: Донско́й райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Southern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . Population: 52,000 (2017 est.) See also *A ...

. She also owns real estate in Ukraine.New Ukraine economy minister "lacked time" to declare house outside Kyiv, Moscow flat: Schemes

(22 March 2020)

References

External links

Cabinet of Ministers
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