Mykola Ivanovych Kucher ( uk, Микола Іванович Кучер; born 24 August 1959) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur currently serving as a

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since 26 November 2014.

Education

In 1981 he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy with a degree in agronomy.

Career

* 1981 – the main agronomist of collective farm, village, Trostianets Raion * 1989–1992 – chair of Trostianets regional agro-industrial corporation * 1992–1994 – director of agricultural and food management of Trostianets regional administration * 1994–1995 – deputy manager of agriculture and food management of

Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast ( uk, Ві́нницька о́бласть, translit=Vinnytska oblast; ; also referred to as Vinnychchyna — uk, Ві́нниччина) is an oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. ...

government * 1995–1999 – Head of Department managing Vinnytsia oblast administration * 1999–2000 – Head of department deputy manager Ukraine's Bread (Kyiv) * 2000–2002 – first deputy manager Bread of Ukraine * 2002–2004 – chairman of the board of directors of Bread of Ukraine * 2004–2013 – director of Grain Product MHP * Since 2013 — Department director Mironivsky Hliboproduct

Political career

* Since 2010 — Deputy of

Council (

Ukrainian People's Party The Ukrainian People's Party ( uk, Українська Народна Партія; ) is a political party in Ukraine, registered on Old Year's Day 1999 as the Ukrainian National Movement ( uk, Український Народний Рух; ).

). In the

2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014. Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast ( uk, Ві́нницька о́бласть, translit=Vinnytska oblast; ; also referred to as Vinnychchyna — uk, Ві́нниччина) is an oblast of western and southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. ...

) as an independent candidate with 47.64%. * 27 November 2014– — member of 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 ...

Committee on agriculture policy and land relations and member of faction of the

Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...

In the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolv ...

Kucher was re-elected in single-seat constituency 17 again as an independent candidate with 34.97% of the votes. In December 2018, he sent a request–the court–take on bail the former acting Myroslav Prodan, head of the Fiscal Service of Ukraine (suspected of illegal enrichment of UAH 89 million in 2016–2018).

Private life

He is married, with two children. In the

Kucher's daughter Larysa Bilozir was elected in single-seat constituency 15.

Recognition

* A Candidate of Agricultural Science (Ukraine) * Honoured Agricultural Worker of Ukraine * Order of Merit, Class III (Ukraine)

References

External links

Parliament of Ukraine, official web portal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kucher, Mykola 1959 births Living people 21st-century Ukrainian businesspeople People from Vinnytsia Oblast National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine alumni Independent politicians of Petro Poroshenko Bloc Ukrainian People's Party politicians Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class