Oleksandr Donets ( uk, Олександр Дмитрович Донець (''Oleksandr Dmytrovych Donets''), born 4 February 1966) is the current head of Antonov State Company, a large

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

aircraft manufacturing and services company.

Biography

Donets was born on 4 February 1966, in

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

Soviet Ukraine The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. In 1988, Donets graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers with a degree in the technical operation of

aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engine ...

. He began his career in the Antonov Design Bureau as an operating engineer. He was promoted to chief engineer of the flight test and development base. From June 2007 to October 2008, Donets headed the work of

Aviant The Antonov Serial Production Plant ( uk, italic=yes, Серійний завод «Антонов»), formerly AVIANT ( uk, АВІАНТ), is an aircraft manufacturing company in Kyiv, Ukraine, the serial manufacturing division of the Antonov. � ...

. By 2014, he was the general director of the

Ukraine Air Enterprise Ukraine Air Enterprise ( uk, Державне авіаційне підприємство «Україна», Derzhavne aviatsiine pidpryiemstvo "Ukrayina") is a government-owned airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established and started opera ...

. From September 2015 to November 2016, he worked as assistant director of the State Enterprise for the Air Traffic Services of Ukraine, Ukraerorukh. Beginning in December 2016, he served as the vice president for production of the Antonov State Enterprise. On May 30, 2018, he was appointed head of the Antonov State Enterprise by the order of

Ukroboronprom , type = State-owned enterprise , location = , industry = Conglomerate: Defense industry , predecessor = , founded = , founder = , hq_location_city = Kyiv , hq_location_country = Ukraine , num_locations = , num_locations_year = , ...

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Ukroboronprom appoints Donets President of Antonov State Enterprise

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