Yuriy Boyko

Yuriy Boyko
Юрій Анатолійович Бойко
Boyko in June 2012
Vice Prime Minister
In office
24 December 2012 – 27 February 2014
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
Minister of Energy and Coal Industry[1]
In office
11 March 2010 – 12 December 2012
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
Preceded by Yuriy Prodan
Succeeded by Eduard Stavytsky
Minister of Fuel and Energy
In office
4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by Ivan Plachkov
Succeeded by Eduard Stavytsky
Chairman of Naftohaz Ukrayiny
In office
January 2002 – 2 March 2005
Preceded by Oleksiy Kopylov
Succeeded by Oleksiy Ivchenko
Personal details
Born 9 October 1958
Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast
Other political
affiliations		 Party of Regions[2]
Republican Party of Ukraine
Spouse(s) Vera
Children 3 sons
3 daughters
Alma mater East Ukraine University
Russian University of Mendeleev
Occupation Politician
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Anatoliyovych and the family name is Boyko.

Yuriy Boyko (Ukrainian: Юрій Анатолійович Бойко) is a Ukrainian politician, former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine,[3] and a former Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine.

Biography

Yuriy Boyko was born on 9 October 1958, in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast.[4][5][6] He is married, together with his wife Vera he is raising 6 children.[7] Boyko plays ice hockey, football, likes waterskiing and windsurfing.[5] Allegedly Boyko and controversial businessman Dmytro Firtash "are close associates".[8][9][10][11]

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).[4][6]

Career

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).[4] On 18 December 2007 Boyko was dismissed as Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine due to the election to the 6th parliamentary elections.[15]
November 2007 - March 2010 - People's Deputy of Ukraine, the 6th convocation of Verkhovna Rada, elected from the Party of Regions in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections in 2007.

On 11 March 2010 Boyko was appointed the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (in Mykola Azarov government)[16]

On 9 December 2010, due to the optimization of the system of central executive power in Ukraine (a.k.a. reorganization of ministries) President of Ukraine V. Yanukovych dismissed Boyko from the position of Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine[17] and appointed him the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine.

According to a left-leaning newspaper "Dzerkalo Tyzhnia" ("The Weekly Mirror"),[18][19] in 2011 Yuriy Boyko was cited confirming the purchase of a modern offshore drilling platform from Singapore. Dzerkalo Tyzhnia conduct and investigation into the tender surrounding the offshore platform, which HIGHWAY INVESTMENT PROCESSING LLC, a supposed offshore shell from Wales, UK was the winner. The article stated that the Ukrainian State company Chornomornaftogaz, engaged in offshore oil and gas production in Azov and Black Sea, paid over $400M for a drilling rig that costs $248M (suggested manufacturer price). Using Google Street View, journalists cited that HIGHWAY INVESTMENT PROCESSING LLC appears to be situated in an equipment store on the outskirts of Cardiff, Wales.[20] HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS LLC was further cited in the media as going through liquidation, however, the authorities suspended the liquidation process due to an investigation.[21] Official records with United Kingdoms Companies House indicate the company was incorporate on 12 December 2008 and is currently listed as active.[22] Throughout the whole affair, Yuriy Boyko denied fraud allegations surrounding the purchase, citing additional equipment and movement costs and a "report from Halliburton" confirming the price of $400M.[23] Boyko labeled the "Dzerkalo Tyzhnia" journalists as "liars," "Dzerkalo Tyzhnia" in turn filed a lawsuit against Mr. Boyko which the Ukrainian court did not accept and the case is currently in appeals.[24] Meanwhile, the affair has sparked a scandal in Norway where Seadrill was accused of insufficient due diligence and KYC on its shell customer HIGHWAY INVESTMENT PROCESSING LLC.[25]

On December 24, 2012 Boiko was appointed a Vice Prime Minister in sphere of ecology, natural resources, energy, coal industry and industrial policy. On 23 May 2013 the space sector was added to his functions.[26]

on 29 March a Party of Regions convention supported Mykhailo Dobkin nomination as a presidential candidate.[2] On 7 April 2014 the political council of that party expelled Boyko from the party.[2] In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election Boyko received 0.19% of the vote.[27]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time heading the electoral list of Opposition Bloc.[28][29]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Initially as Minister of Fuel and Energy
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ukraine's Party of Regions expels presidential hopefuls Tigipko, Tsariov and Boiko, Interfax-Ukraine (7 April 2014)
  3. ↑ Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://file.liga.net/person/234-urii-boiko.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.rudenko.kiev.ua/persons/boyko
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://bestpeople.com.ua/persona/396
  7. ↑ http://novynar.com.ua/files/people/boyko/310465
  8. ↑ Russian Patriarch prays for Yanukovych, honors Firtash and Boyko (updated), Kyiv Post (October 2, 2011)
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ The Underbelly of Ukrainian Gas Dealings, Der Spiegel (30 December 2010)
  11. ↑ Naftohaz Ukrainy Management Change Indicates Turn to Russia, Georgian Daily (25 March 2010)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3 (page 170)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gas Lobby Takes Control of Ukrains Secret Service by Taras Kuzio (18 March 2010)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ukraine: Battle Against Corruption Grinds To A Halt, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (September 26, 2005)
  15. ↑ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=9-17
  16. ↑ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1968-17
  17. ↑ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1092%2F2010
  18. ↑ http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/source-profile/2947331-dzerkalo-tyzhnia
  19. ↑ http://zn.ua/POLITICS/vyshka_dlya_boyko-81790.html
  20. ↑ http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/182467/novaya_afera_boyiko_teper_vyshku_naftogazu_prodaet_staraya_rijskaya_sudoverf_i_magazin_santehniki_iz
  21. ↑ http://ua.korrespondent.net/business/economics/1318876-tvi-prokuratura-velikobritaniyi-pochala-rozsliduvannya-yake-stosuetsya-zakupivli-ukrayinoyu-burovoyi-vishk
  22. ↑ http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk
  23. ↑ http://ukranews.com/uk/news/economics/2012/03/19/66501
  24. ↑ http://smi.liga.net/medianews/2012-04-10/5001728-zerkalo_nedeli_proigralo_sud_yuriyu_boyko.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.bne.eu/story3483
  26. ↑ President charges Vice Premier Boiko with duties in space sector, Interfax-Ukraine (23 May 2013)
  27. ↑ "Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote - CEC". Radio Ukraine International. 29 May 2014.
    (Russian) Results election of Ukrainian president, Телеграф (29 May 2014)
  28. ↑ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  29. ↑ (Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Opposition Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
  30. ↑ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=978/2004
  31. ↑ http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=432/2003
  32. ↑ http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1636743.html

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