Serhiy Mykolayovych Shkarlet ( uk, Сергій Миколайович Шкарлет; born 19 October 1972
) is a Ukrainian economist and politician. On 25 June 2020 he was assigned as acting
Minister of Education and Science.
On 17 December 2020, 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 ...
appointed Shkarlet as Minister of Education and Science.
[Shkarlet appointed Ukraine's education minister](_blank)
Ukrinform
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(17 December 2020)
Biography
Born in 1972 in
Kokand
Kokand ( uz, Qo‘qon/Қўқон/قوقان, ; russian: Кока́нд; fa, خوقند, Xuqand; Chagatai: خوقند, ''Xuqand''; ky, Кокон, Kokon; tg, Хӯқанд, Xöqand) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the sou ...
, in the
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
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, Shkarlet's family moved to
Nizhyn
Nizhyn ( uk, Ні́жин, Nizhyn, ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the administrative center of Nizhyn Raion. It ...
, in the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
, in 1975 because his father was offered a job there in the defense specialist company .
[From Yanukovych to Zelensky through Poroshenko. Who is the head of the Ministry of Education Serhiy Shkarlet]
Ukrayinska Pravda
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(13 October 2020) From 1989 until 1995, Shkarlet studied and graduated at
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
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[ Between 1995 and 1997 he studied accounting and auditing at ]Chernihiv National University of Technology
Chernihiv Polytechnic National University ( uk, Національний університет «Чернігівська політехніка») is a higher educational institution in Chernihiv Ukraine of IV level of accreditation, founded ...
and in 1997 at the . In 1996 he started teaching at the Chernihiv National University of Technology.
Shkarlet is a Doctor of Economics, Professor (2008).[
Since May 2010, he has served as rector of the . In June 2020 Ukrainian media began to accuse Shkarlet of plagiarism in his scientific works.]
From 2010 to 2015, he was a member of the Chernihiv Oblast Council
The Chernihiv Oblast Council ( uk, Чернігівська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Chernihiv Oblast (province) located in Northern Ukraine
A list of the various regions of Ukraine and/or ...
for the Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...
.[Plagiarism in dissertations and the past in the Party of Regions: what is known about new Minister of Education Serhiy Shkarlet](_blank)
UNIAN
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(25 June 2020) In 2020 Shkarlet claimed that he had joined the Party of Regions "by order from the regional state administration." Previously in 2010 he had claimed that "I fully share the views and principles of the Party of Regions." According to former fellow deputies in the Chernihiv Oblast Council Shkarlet had pro-European
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views.
In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections
On 25 October 2015 local elections took place in Ukraine. The elections were conducted a little over a year since the 2014 2014 Ukrainian local elections, snap local elections, which were only held throughout parts of the country. A second roun ...
Shkarlet unsuccessfully sought re-election, this time on the party list of European 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 ...
.[Plagiarist and lover of expensive cars at public expense Shkarlet became acting Minister of Education and Science]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(25 June 2020)
On 25 June 2020 Shkarlet was assigned as acting Minister of Education and Science.
Beforehand, he had served as Deputy Minister of Education and Science for European Integration. Prior to Shkarlet's assignment as minister, significant volumes of plagiarism were discovered in his scientific publications.[Серія досліджень наукових робіт Шкарлета на наявність плагіату:
]
Новий кандидат на посаду міністра освіти від Зе-команди відзначився «текстовими запозиченнями»
Монографія Сергія Шкарлета: було твоє — стало моє
«Наукова стаття» Сергія Шкарлета: тяп-ляп — і готово!
Так, це знову я, ваш Шкарлет. Забезпечую вас безпекою
Серіал «Шкарлет». П’ята серія: «Економіка інформаційного типу»
Заслужений регенератор України
Плагіатний паровозик
Стаття Сергія Шкарлета для докторської дисертації – суцільний плагіат
Російські вуха в докторській дисертації Сергія Шкарлета
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On 17 December 2020, 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 ...
appointed Shkarlet as Minister of Education and Science. Voice
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claimed that two deputies voted for the appointment although they were not present in the Verkhovna Rada building
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It is the plac ...
(Shkarlet was appointed with exactly 226 votes, the required amount for an approval).
In 2020 Shkarlet was accused of plagiarism.[Сергій Шкарлет не став міністром освіти. Чому](_blank)
The presence of plagiarism in Shkarlet's papers was confirmed by National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education and by three independent international experts from the USA, the Czech Republic and Poland, who analyzed excerpts of works translated into English. Afterwards Skarlet filed a lawsuit against the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education to the District Administrative Court of the City of Kyiv, in which he demanded to "declare the actions of the defendant to be illegal in establishing the presence of textual borrowings without reference to the source" in a number of his scientific works. The court of first instance ruled in favor of the official.
See also
* Shmyhal Government
The Shmyhal government ( uk, Уряд Дениса Шмигаля) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously acting vice prime minister, and earlier the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk ...
References
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1972 births
Living people
21st-century Ukrainian economists
21st-century Ukrainian politicians
People from Kokand
People from Chernihiv
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute alumni
Heads of universities and colleges in Ukraine
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Education and science ministers of Ukraine
Party of Regions politicians
Independent politicians of Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of education