Roman Nasirov

Roman Nasirov Роман Насіров


Chairman of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine
In office 5 May 2015 – 3 March 2017
Preceded by	Ihor Bilous
Succeeded by	Myroslav Prodan (acting)^[1]

Personal details
Born	(1979-03-03) 3 March 1979 Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (today Ukraine)
Citizenship	Ukrainian British Hungarian
Political party	Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"
Alma mater	Kyiv National Economic University Chernihiv State Institute of Economics and Management

Roman Mykhailovych Nasirov (Ukrainian: Роман Насіров) is a Ukrainian politician of Azerbaijani origin who currently serves as the head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. He was temporarily relieved of his duties whille under investigation of embezzlement on 3 March 2017.^[2]

Early years

Roman Nasirov was born in Chernihiv, on 3 March 1979. His father is Azerbaijani and his mother is Ukrainian. In 2000 Roman Nasirov graduated from the Chernihiv State Institute of Economics and Management, with a specialty in Finance. In December 2001 he graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University, with a specialty in Law. He received his PhD degree in Law in 2015 from The Legislation Institute of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He is currently (2016) a candidate for Doctor of Economics at Chernihiv National University of Technology.

Work experience

In December 2009 he was the CEO of Renaissance Capital Ukraine, Central & Eastern Europe. In March 2013 Roman Nasirov was the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine. In April 2014 Roman Nasirov was CEO of BTGPactual (Ukraine) and in November 2014 he won a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) for Petro Poroshenko Bloc.^[3] In December 2014 Roman Nasirov was the head of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Tax and Customs Policy. In May 2015 Roman Nasirov was appointed the Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. In July 2016 at the 20th General Assembly of the Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA), which was held in Romania, Roman Nasirov was elected as the President of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA).^[4]

In court

Nasirov was taken to Kiev's Feofania hospital late on 2 March 2017. Meanwhile he was being investigated for embezzlement (in conjunction with MP Oleksandr Onishchenko) of 2 billion hryvnias (UAH) ($75 million) in tax revenue linked to a gas deal (punishable to six years in prison).^[5]

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau opened a case against Nasirov corruption with total of UAH 2 billion.^[6]^[7]

Ukrainian prosecutors also reported Nasirov having other two citizenships (British and Hungarian) which is against law of Ukraine.^[8] The embassy of the United Kingdom in Ukraine has confirmed that Nasirov has British citizenship.^[9]

Controversy

In 2016 the head of Odesa customs, Yulia Marushevska, repeatedly accused Nasirov of slowing down or even sabotaging her fight against corruption.^[10]

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