Ihor Olegovich Yushko (; born 21 August 1961) is a Ukrainian politician who was formerly the

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

from 2001 to 2002.

Early life and education

Yushko was born on 21 August 1961 in the city of Zhdanov,

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, and he received his

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s from the Kharkiv Engineering and Economic Institute in 1987 after graduating from the

Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov ( rus, Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов, p=ɐnˈdrej ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐdanəf, links=yes; – 31 August 1948) was a Soviet politician and cultural ideologist. After World War ...

in 1983. Also, he has a certificate from the Michel Institute designating him as a

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an 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

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, head of the board of the

First Ukrainian International Bank The First Ukrainian International Bank or FUIB (Ukrainian: Перший Український Міжнародний Банк) is one of the leading Ukrainian banks, largely owned by the oligarch Rinat Akhmetov associated SCM Holdings. It was fo ...

(

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

), 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 The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...

. Since 2002, he has been the vice-president of

Victor Pinchuk Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk ( uk, Віктор Михайлович Пінчук, ''Viktor Mykhailovych Pinchuk''; born 14 December 1960) is a Ukrainian businessman and oligarch. As of January 2016, ''Forbes'' ranked him as 1,250th on the list o ...

'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. In January 2018, he made the decision to depart Sberbank. In connection with the conclusion of the deal, he would resign from his position as Sberbank's chairman of the board on 31 January 2018. Irina Knyazeva, Sberbank's deputy chairman, was named acting board chairman on 1 February.

Personal life

Yushko is married, and had four children.

Honours

During his career, he has been awarded the following honours; *

Merited Economist of Ukraine The Honored Economist (also translated as The Merited Economist of Ukraine, uk, Заслужений економіст України) is an honorary title of Ukraine, awarded for personal merits to the Ukrainian state to citizens who worked in ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yushko, Ihor 1961 births Living people Politicians from Mariupol Pryazovskyi State Technical University alumni Kharkiv National University of Economics alumni Finance ministers of Ukraine Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada 21st-century Ukrainian politicians