Ihor Petrashko

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Ihor Petrashko
Ігор Петрашко
Minister of Economic Development and Trade
In office
17 March 2020 – 18 May 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byPavlo Kukhta (Acting)
Succeeded byOleksiy Liubchenko[1]
Personal details
Born (1975-10-06) 6 October 1975 (age 48)
Stryi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
EducationLviv Polytechnic
Vanderbilt University
University of Lviv
OccupationEconomist
politician

Ihor Rostyslavovych Petrashko (

Minister of Economic Development and Trade.[4]

Biography

He studied at the

MBA from the Vanderbilt University (United States).[2]

Petrashko worked as a

corporate restructuring consultant. He also worked at the Kyiv office of Ernst & Young.[5]

From 2007 to 2013, he held positions at the (Ukrainian subsidiary of the Russian investment company[6]) Troika Dialog Ukraine Investment Company.[5] From 2012 to 2013 Petrashko worked in Russia where he headed a corporate business department of Sberbank (Troika Dialog is one of the investors in Sberbank).[6]

Since April 2013, Petrashko was Deputy General Director of UkrLandFarming.[2]

On 17 March 2020 Petrashko was appointed as the

Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[4] On 17 December 2020 this ministry lost its responsibility for Ukraine's agricultural policy because that day Roman Leshchenko was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food.[7]

On 14 May 2021 Petrashko offered his resignation as Minister, according to a source of

Ukrainian parliament dismissed him as Minister.[9]

Family

Petrashko is married to Svetlana, a

citizen of Russia where she co-owns a third of a 109-square-meter flat in Moscow's Donskoy District.[6] She also owns real estate in Ukraine.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rada appoints Liubchenko as First Dpty PM, Minister of Economy – 293 affirmative votes, Interfax-Ukraine (21 May 2021)
  2. ^ a b c "Петрашко Игорь Ростиславович". ru.slovoidilo.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Ukrlandfarming Deputy CEO Petrashko explained the company's farmland management". latifundist.com. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. ^
    rferl.org
    . 18 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Петрашко Ігор Ростиславович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ^
    UNIAN
    (22 March 2020)
  7. ^ Parliament appoints Leshchenko as agricultural policy minister, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
  8. UNIAN
    (14 May 2021)
  9. UNIAN
    (18 May 2021)

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Political offices
Preceded by
Pavlo Kukhta (Acting)
Minister of Economic Development and Trade

2020–2021
Succeeded by