Yuriy Boyko
Yuriy Boyko is a Ukrainian politician, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine (since 9 December 2010; since 11 March 2010 and up to the reorganization of ministries has been the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine). Hero of Ukraine.
Biography
Yuriy Boyko was born on 9 October 1958, in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast.[1][2][3] He is married, together with his wife Vera he is raising 6 children.[4] Boyko plays ice hockey, football, likes waterskiing and windsurfing.[5] Allegedly Boyko and controversial businessmen Dmytro Firtash "are close associates".[6][7][8][9]
Education
In 1981 Boyko graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology named after Dmitry Mendeleev (with qualification of chemical engineer), and in 2001 he graduated from East-Ukrainian University (with qualification of engineer-economist).[10][11]
Career
- 1981 to 1999 - started as master at industrial site, then has risen to the Director General of the chemical plant "Zarya" in Rubezhnoye
- 1999 to 2001 - Director General of JSC "Lisichansknefteorgsintez" (Lisichansk Refinery)
- August 2001 to February 2002 - Chairman of the Management Board of JSC "Ukrtatnafta" (Kremenchug refinery)
- in February 2002 Yuriy Boyko was appointed the Chairman of NAC "Naftogaz-Ukraine", and led the company until March 2005
- July 2003 - March 2005 - first Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine
Politics
Boyko was deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy in the cabinet of Viktor Yanukovych (21 November 2002 – 7 December 2004).[12] Late July 2004 he was appointed in a coordination committee for RosUkrEnergo.[12] On April 23, 2005 Boyko was elected the Chairman of the Republican Party of Ukraine (RPU). During Ukrainian parliamentary elections in 2006, the RPU joined the Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak!", yet they did not succeed to reach the 3% election threshold required by law. In the summer of 2005 President Viktor Yushchenko prevented Boyko to be arrested for abuse of office while heading Naftogaz.[13][14] This arrest had been ordered by Security Service of Ukraine Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov.[13][14] On 4 August 2006, he was appointed the Minister of Fuel and Energy (in the government of Viktor Yanukovych).[15] On 18 December 2007 Boyko was dismissed as Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine due to the election to the 6th parliamentary elections.[16]
November 2007 - March 2010 - People's Deputy of Ukraine, the 6th convocation of Verkhovna Rada, elected from the Party of Regions.
On 11 March 2010 Boyko was appointed the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (in Mykola Azarov government)[17]
On 9 December 2010, due to the optimization of the system of central executive power in Ukraine President of Ukraine V. Yanukovych dismissed Boyko from the position of Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine[18] and appointed him the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine.
Awards
- 22 August 2004 - title Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the State, for outstanding personal service to the development of Ukrainian fuel and energy complex, and long-term commitment [19]
- 22 May 2003 - Order of Merit, III class, for good results in work and significant personal contribution to the development of oil and gas industry in Ukraine.[20]
- Order of Saint Seraphim of Sarov of the II class[21]
References
- ^ http://file.liga.net/person/234-urii-boiko.html
- ^ http://www.rudenko.kiev.ua/persons/boyko
- ^ http://bestpeople.com.ua/persona/396
- ^ http://novynar.com.ua/files/people/boyko/310465
- ^ http://www.rudenko.kiev.ua/persons/boyko
- ^ Russian Patriarch prays for Yanukovych, honors Firtash and Boyko (updated), Kyiv Post (October 2, 2011)
- ^ Energy Dependency, Politics and Corruption in the Former Soviet Union: Russia's Power, Oligarchs' Profits and Ukraine's Missing Energy Policy, 1995-2006 by Margarita M. Balmaceda, Routledge , 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-43779-0 (page 124)
- ^ The Underbelly of Ukrainian Gas Dealings, Der Spiegel (30 December 2010)
- ^ Naftohaz Ukrainy Management Change Indicates Turn to Russia, Georgian Daily (25 March 2010)
- ^ http://bestpeople.com.ua/persona/396
- ^ http://file.liga.net/person/234-urii-boiko.html
- ^ a b How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 978-0881324273 (page 170)
- ^ a b Gas Lobby Takes Control of Ukrains Secret Service by Taras Kuzio (18 March 2010)
- ^ a b Ukraine: Battle Against Corruption Grinds To A Halt, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (September 26, 2005)
- ^ http://file.liga.net/person/234-urii-boiko.html
- ^ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=9-17
- ^ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1968-17
- ^ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1092%2F2010
- ^ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=978/2004
- ^ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=432/2003
- ^ http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1636743.html
External links
See also
| Persondata |
| Name |
Boyko, Yuriy |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Government minister of Ukraine |
| Date of birth |
9 November 1958 |
| Place of birth |
Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Russia |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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