Sergey Alexandrovych Tereshchenko (russian: Сергей Александрович Терещенко; born 30 March 1951) is a Kazakh politician. He served as

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh Cyrillic: Қазақстан Республикасының Премьер-Министрі, Kazakh Latin: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Premier-Ministrı, ; russian: Премьер-Министр Респ ...

from 16 December 1991 to 12 October 1994.

Life and career

He was born in the town of

Lesozavodsk Lesozavodsk (russian: Лесозаво́дск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River (Amur's tributary), from the Sino–Russian border and about north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. Populat ...

, which was in the

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

Region of the

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. He moved to Kazakhstan in 1969 where he studied mechanical engineering at the Kazakh National Agrarian University, where he graduated in 1973. After graduation, he was sent to work as chief engineer of the collective farm in

Shymkent Shymkent (; Шымкент, Şymkent), known until 1993 as Chimkent ( uz, Çımkent, چىمكېنت; Yañalif: Çimkent ()); russian: Чимкент, translit=Chimkent (), is a city in Kazakhstan. It is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is ...

(known at the time as ''Chimkent''). In 1975, he was elected First Secretary of the Tulkubas District Komsomol Committee, where he worked for four years. In the 7 years since he left that post, he served as the head local party/executive positions in

. In the Spring of 1990, he worked as a deputy to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR. For about one and a half years after leaving that post, he was the First Secretary of the

Communist Party Central Committee. He served as Vice-President of the Kazakh SSR. In the remaining months of 1991, Tereshchenko assumed the post of Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR. When the country gained independence on 16 December, he was appointed to the newly created post of Prime Minister. During his tenure, his government began work to privatize formerly state-run companies. He also proposed strengthening executive power in order to being about economic reforms in the country. In late May 1994, he suffered a defeat when the

Parliament of Kazakhstan The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Парламенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Parlamentı; rus, Парламент Республики Казахстан, r=Parliament Res ...

passed a

vote of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

in the Tereshchenko Government. He held out for a couple of months until he was dismissed by President

Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...

on 12 October following a corruption scandal by his Minister of Internal Affairs that month.

Akezhan Kazhegeldin Akejan Kajegeldin ( kz, Әкежан Мағжанұлы Қажыгелдин, ''Äkejan Mağjanūly Qajygeldin''; born 27 March 1952) is a Kazakh politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 12 October 1994 until his resign ...

was chosen to be Tereshchenko's successor, which followed his retirement from public service. Since his dismissal, he has served as the President of the International Foundation "Integration", whose main goal of the foundation is the start of a geointegration process of Kazakhstan into the economic, political and cultural space of the modern world. In 1998, he was among those supporting the re-election of

for presidency.

Private life

Tereshchenko is an ethnic Ukrainian and was one of the first from his ethnicity to take office in independent

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. His wife, Yevgenia Grigorievna, is a

Russian language Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is one of four living E ...

teacher of literature. Together they have two daughters, Nina and Elena.

Awards

* Hero of Labor (2012) * Order of Otan (2012) * Presidential Peace and Spiritual Consent Award (1999) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

1st Degree (1999) * Order of Barys 2nd Degree (2005) *

(2004) (

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

) * Order "Alғys" (2012) (

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, Metropolitan Church of Kazakhstan) * Honorary Citizen of the South Kazakhstan Region * Freedom of the city of Almaty (2014) *Honorary Citizen of the City of

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

* Presidential Prize for Peace and Spiritual Consent of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1999)

External links

История в лицах – Сергей Терещенко

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tereshchenko, Sergey 1951 births Living people Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan Vice presidents of Kazakhstan People from Lesozavodsk Tereshchenko family