Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin ( uk, Ігор В'ячеславович Соркін, Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin) is a former chairman of the

National Bank of Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine ( uk, Національний банк України) or NBU ( uk, НБУ) is the central bank of Ukraine – a government body responsible for unified state policy in the field of country's monetary circulation, includ ...

Biography

Early years. Military career

Igor Sorkin was born on March 3, 1967 in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loca ...

. He graduated from high school in 1984. In 1988–1996 he served in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

and the

National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Minist ...

(commander landing assault platoon, reconnaissance battalion and regimental intelligence chief of the National Guard).

Education

Ihor Sorkin has three

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after comple ...

s: *in 1988 he graduated from the Baku Higher Combined-Arms Command School with a degree in "Engineer" *in 1998 he graduated from Donetsk State University with a degree in "Law" *in 2006 he graduated from

Donetsk National University Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (Vasyl' Stus DonNU) ( uk, Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса, ''Donets’kyi Natsional’nyi Universytet''; russian: Донецкий на ...

with a degree in "Banking"

Career in the
National Bank of Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine ( uk, Національний банк України) or NBU ( uk, НБУ) is the central bank of Ukraine – a government body responsible for unified state policy in the field of country's monetary circulation, includ ...

*Since 1996 he has been working in the system of the

(economist of 1st category, leading economist, chief economist at the department, head of the sector, deputy head of the department, since 2001 - head of Banking Supervision department in Office of the

in the Donetsk Oblast) *In July 2010 he was appointed deputy governor of the

*Since January 17, 2011 - the 3d ranking civil servant. *From December 2012 - acting governor of the

*On January 11, 2013 he was appointed governor of the

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 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 ...

after being proposed by President

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...

. *Since January 18, 2013 - member of

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC; uk, Рада національної безпеки і оборони України, RNBO or RNBOU) is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukrai ...

. On 24 February 2014, just after the "

Maidan revolution The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,

",
the

Verkhovna Rada 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 Sorkin as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine. On 17 March 2014 the Kiev Pechersky District Court approved the arrest Sorkin ''

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'' on suspicion of embezzlement.

Family

Sorkin's parents live in

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Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. Where his father Vyacheslav Sorkin is an executive of Gazprom./(website has automatic

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option)''
Short bio
LIGA Sorkin's wife Anzhela is a former executive of UkrBusinessBank. The head of the board of this bank was Sorkins predecessor as national bank governor

Serhiy Arbuzov Serhiy Hennadiyovych Arbuzov ( uk, Сергій Геннадійович Арбузов, russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Арбузов, translit=Sergey Gennadyevich Arbuzov; born 24 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former banker and polit ...

; while UkrBusinessBank was owned by Oleksandr Yanukovych who is the son of president

at the time of the appointment of Sorkin as national bank governor.

State awards

* Merited Economist of Ukraine (since December 1, 2011Decree of the President of Ukraine № 1094/2011 "A celebration of state awards of Ukraine on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of proof national referendum Act of Independence of Ukraine (December 1, 1991)"
)

References

External links

Mr. Mykola Azarov and Mr. Sergiy Arbuzov introduce a new Governor of the National Bank of UkraineIhor Sorkin new governor of the National Bank of UkrainePrime Minister introduces Sorkin to NBU personnel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sorkin, Ihor Governors of the National Bank of Ukraine 1967 births Living people Businesspeople from Donetsk Donetsk National University alumni 21st-century Ukrainian economists 20th-century Ukrainian economists