Valentyn Maksymovich Koronevsky (; born 19 April 1950) is a Ukrainian economist and 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 1996 to 1997, and the deputy

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of the State Savings Bank of Ukraine from 1997 to 1999.

Biography

Early life and education

Koronevsky is born on 19 April 1950 in the city of Izmail,

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

, and he received his diplomas from the Odesa College of Finance and Economics in 1968, and Odesa National Economics University in 1973, majoring in accounting.

Career

Prior to Koronevsky's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as an economist of the financial department from August 1968 to March 1972; a senior economist from March 1972 to November 1975; the head of the local economy financing department from November 1975 to August 1985; the deputy head of the financial department and head of the budget department from August 1985 to May 1987; the deputy head of the financial department from May 1987 to October 1990; the head of the financial department of the executive committee of the

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

Regional Council of People's Deputies from October 1990 to December 1995; the head of the financial department of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration from December 1995 to June 1996. Koronevsky was named Minister of Finance of Ukraine, representative of Ukraine in the

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(EBRD) from 18 June 1996 to 25 February 1997. Later from August 1996 to 1997, he became a member of the

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 ...

. Followed by being appointed as the deputy chairman of the Board of the State Savings Bank of Ukraine from April 1997 to 1999. From September 1999 to 22 August 2011, he became the deputy chairman of the Board of the Pension Fund of Ukraine. He made a business trip to the Mykolaiv Oblast from 19 to 20 November 2008, to familiarize with the operations of the Fund's offices in the Novoodeske neighborhood and the cities of

Yuzhnoukrainsk Yuzhnoukrainsk (, ) is a city on the Southern Bug river, in Voznesensk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, about 350 kilometers (over 200 miles) south of the capital Kyiv. It hosts the administration of Yuzhnoukrainsk urban hromada, one of the hro ...

and

Voznesensk Voznesensk ( uk, Вознесенськ, ; russian: Вознесенск) is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine and the administrative center of Voznesensk Raion (district). It hosts the administration of the Voznesensk urban hromada ...

on 19 November 2008, moreover to particular attention to the concerns of filling the Fund's budget and the situation with financing the payment of pensions and cash assistance during the visit to the sub-departmental offices. On 14 July 2010, he was one of the representatives of Ukraine in the National Tripartite Socio-Economic Council.

Personal life

Koronevsky is married to Alla Oleksiivna, and had a son named Dmytro in 1974.

Honours

He has received the following honours: *

Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is a government award for many years of hard work, exemplary performance of official duties, personal contribution to economic, scientific, technical, socio-cultural, military, public a ...

(April 2000) *

Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine The Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is an award of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine for significant contribution to any sphere of life, outstanding socio-political activities, services to the Ukrainian people in promo ...

(2005) *

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 ...

(November 2006)

References

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