Mykola Prysyazhnyuk

Mykola Prysyazhnyuk
Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 11, 2010
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
25 May 2006 – 11 March 2010
Personal details
Born January 3, 1960 (1960-01-03) (age 52)
Ksaveriv (Zhytomyr Oblast)
Political party Party of Regions

Mykola Prysyazhnyuk (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Присяжнюк (born 3 January 1960 in Ksaveriv (Zhytomyr Oblast), in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union[1]) is the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine.[2][1]

Prysyazhnyuk graduated from Voronezh University and the Donbas Mining-Metallurgical Institute.[1] He has worked as a diamond cutter before becoming a chief process engineer at Ordzhonikidzevugillya coal mine.[1] In the years 2002-2005 he was the first deputy chairman of Zhytomyr Regional State Administration and in the years 2005-2007 head of the National Association of Meat and Meat Products Producers before becoming a member of the Verkhovna Rada (upper council) for the Party of Regions[3][4][5] in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary elections, keeping his seat in the 2007 elections.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e On The Hot Seat, Kyiv Post (April 15, 2011)
  2. ^ VR approved structure of Cabinet of Ministers (update), UNIAN (March 11, 2010)
  3. ^ Regions party not to support resignation of Kyiv mayor Leonid Chernovetsky initiated by coalition. National Radio Company of Ukraine (March 18, 2008)
  4. ^ Directory of MPs of Ukrainian Parliament of sixth convocation, United States Agency for International Development (January 28, 2009)
  5. ^ New old government, Kyiv Weekly (March 18, 2010)

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