Serhiy Tihipko

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidovych and the family name is Tihipko.
Serhiy Tihipko
Сергій Тiгiпко
Minister of social policy
In office
11 March 2010 – 24 December 2012[2]
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Preceded byVasyl Nadraha
Succeeded byNatalia Korolevska[2]
Minister of Economics
In office
31 December 1999 – 5 July 2000
Prime MinisterViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byVasyl Rohovyi
Succeeded byVasyl Rohovyi
Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
In office
17 December 2002 – 16 December 2004
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byVolodymyr Stelmakh
Succeeded byVolodymyr Stelmakh
Personal details
Born (1960-02-13) 13 February 1960 (age 64)
Drăgănești, Sîngerei District, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyStrong Ukraine (2014–present)[3][4]
Other political
affiliations		Party of Regions (2012–2014)[5][6]
Strong Ukraine (2009–2012)[6][7][8]
Labour Ukraine (2000–2004), Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984–1991)
Spouses
Natalya Tigipko
​
​
(m. 1981; div. 2004)​
Viktoriya Tigipko[9]
​
​
(m. 2005)​
ChildrenAnna (born 1984) and three other children from second marriage
Occupationpolitician
Websitewww.tigipko.com
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/serviceSoviet Army

Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko (

Minister of Social Policy
.

Early life

Tihipko was born on 13 February 1960 in the village of Drăgănești, Sîngerei, in the Lazovskiy district of the Moldavian SSR in a Ukrainian family who moved there from Podolia in 1902.[10] His father fought in World War II where he was badly wounded, and died when Tihipko was 10. His mother was a village nurse.[11] He has two brothers: one six years older, and one two years younger.[10]

Tihipko grew up in suburb of

Ukrainian SSR, after finishing school when he was 17.[11]

Education, the army, and the young communist league (Komsomol)

Tihipko was educated at the local school in Lazovskiy district, and then went to university in

Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1982.[10]

He served in the Soviet Army in a tank regiment from 1982 to 1984.[10]

Tihipko was first head of a department, and then deputy director for teaching and educational work at the Dnipropetrovsk Mechanical-Metallurgical Technical Secondary School from 1984 to 1986.[10] At the same time he developed a strong career in Komsomol, the youth arm of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[10] This enabled him to become First Secretary of Dnipropetrovsk Komsomol regional organization from 1986 to 1989;[10] there were nearly half a million members of Komsomol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Tihipko became its first popularly elected First Secretary in 1989.[10] From 1989 to 1991, Tihipko was the First Secretary of Dnipropetrovsk regional committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.[10]

Banking 1991–1997

"After the break up of the Soviet Union and the results of the political power struggles that followed he decided to put his political interests aside and start a business career as a manager in a private bank. This was an undeveloped industry in the early stages of the former Soviet Union and it turned out to be a shrewd move."

Privatbank until 1997, helping in taking the small regional bank to become one of the biggest private banks in Eastern Europe."[10]

Politics again (1994 onwards)

In 1994 he became a non-staff consultant on monetary policy to the President

Hryvnia in 1996.[10] Realising that there was a conflict of interest between his political role and his shareholding in Privat Bank, he divested himself of the shares[10]

Tihipko served as the minister of economics (1997–1999).

For United Ukraine alliance, he was again elected into parliament.[14] Tihipko was Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine in the years 2002–2004.[15]

Tihipko chaired the

2004 Ukrainian presidential elections instead of supporting Viktor Yanukovych, however Yanukovych had more popular support.[19][20]

Korrespondent estimated his fortune at $369 million in 2009.[21]

Ukrainian presidential election, 2010

Main article: 2010 Ukrainian presidential election
Serhiy Tihipko (first round) – percentage of total national vote (13.06%)

Tihipko was elected leader of the party Strong Ukraine in November 2009.[7][22] In January 2010, Tihipko declared "his team" will participate in the 2014 Kyiv local election.[23]

Tihipko was a candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 presidential election.[24][25]

Of the 18 presidential candidates, Tihipko has declared the biggest income to the

hryvnia (about $11 million[26]) on his election campaign.[27]

Tihipko was defeated in the first round of the presidential election, receiving 13.05% of the vote; two candidates (Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych) received more votes.[28][29][30]

On 22 January 2010 Tihipko warned outgoing president Viktor Yushchenko could introduce a state of emergency during the transfer of power after the presidential election 2010.[31]

Tihipko did not endorse a candidate for the run-off of the election.

Arseniy Yatseniuk would "have a good chance to be in the team that will unite Ukraine and will build our country together with me".[35]

According to a poll by

Arseniy Yatseniuk (6.1%) and Volodymyr Lytvyn (4.5%), and ahead of Petro Symonenko (3.8%) and incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko (3.5%).[36]

A poll conducted by

Arseniy Yatseniuk.[37] According to a Russian poll taken in the last week of the campaign, Serhiy Tihipko was to be the unexpected outsider, snapping the second place from Tymoshenko.[38]

According to the results of an exit poll initiated by the ICTV TV channel, Tihipko would have won the 2010 presidential election if had participated in the second round of the election.[39]

Political career after the 2010 presidential election

Viktoria in July 2010 at the Odesa International Film Festival

On 11 February 2010 Tihipko stated that he would agree to become

Minister of social policy of Ukraine.[46]

In August 2011 Tihipko and

Prime Minister (and a Party of Regions leader) Mykola Azarov announced that Strong Ukraine and Party of Regions were going to team up and eventually Strong Ukraine would be merged into POR.[47] Tihipko stated (in October 2011) he would become a Party of Regions member after the negotiations between the parties was concluded.[48][49][50] The two parties merged on 17 March 2012.[6] The same day Tihipko was unanimously elected Party of Regions deputy chairman and member of the Party of Regions political council.[51] In the 2012 parliamentary election he was (re)-elected into parliament on the party list of Party of Regions.[52] Tihipko did not return to a ministerial post after and hinted (in December 2012) that he would mainly deal with the ideology of Party of Regions since.[53] He was one of the 36 members of the Party of regions faction (who consisted of 96 deputies) who voted in favour of the impeachment of President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014.[54]

Ukrainian presidential election, 2014

Main article: 2014 Ukrainian presidential election
Serhiy Tihipko (first round) – percentage of vote

Tihipko is a self-nominated candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2014 presidential election.[55] Of the 23 presidential candidates, Tihipko has declared the biggest income to the Ukrainian election Committee. He had an income of about ₴263 million in 2013.[56] According to the first poll published after Vitali Klitschko withdrew from the presidential race, as of 31 March Tihipko was running second at 17.9%, behind Petro Poroshenko (38.3%).[57]

On 29 March a Party of Regions convention supported Mykhailo Dobkin's nomination as a presidential candidate.[5] On 7 April 2014 the political council of the party expelled Tihipko from the party.[5] He then accused that the party had "been turned into a branch of a specific financial and industrial group, a private enterprise".[58]

On 23 April 2014 Tihipko announced that the Strong Ukraine party would be re-established and that its 2012 merger with Party of Regions had been "a mistake".[4] On 5 August 2014 he was re-elected party leader of Strong Ukraine.[3]

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election he received 5.23% of the vote, ranking 5th among all candidates.[59] He did do better than Dobkin, who gained 3.03%.[59]

Career after the 2014 presidential election

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tihipko headed the national list of Strong Ukraine.[60] But he was not elected into parliament because the party won one constituency parliamentary seat (only).[61]

Banking 2015 onwards

Early May 2015 Tihipko was appointed head of the supervisory council of TAScombank, in which he holds the largest stake of nearly 49%.[62]

Tihipko bought a controlling stake (99.9230%) in Russian

Ukrainian subsidiary in December 2017.[63] He then merged this subsidiary with TAScombank without shutting down the financial institutions' branches.[63]

Political positions

See also: Strong Ukraine § Ideology and stances

“European integration remains the main European course for us”

Tihipko on 21 December 2012 on Inter[64]

In the buildup to the

Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.[64]

Tihipko supports legalization of prostitution in Ukraine. In November 2009 he stated, "...we should not be hypocrites. If certain things exist we should speak about them openly and resolve [them] if necessary."[69]

Tihipko supports the privatization of Ukraine's gas-pipeline system and its joint management by Russia and Europe, but warned that he would "not support the seizure of the pipeline" by Russia, which he believed the conditions (late 2009) where being set for.[70] He was critical about the April 2010 natural gas agreement stating that while the deal might make economic sense "The procedure of debating the agreement and completing it behind closed doors is not what the Ukrainian people want."[71]

Presidential candidate Tihipko intends to make Russian a second state language if he wins the

invaded Crimea".[74][nb 1]

Family and private life

Tihipko was married to Natalia Tihipko from 1981 to 2004.[78] They had one daughter together, Anna, born in 1984; she now works in a company owned by her father.[11][79]

Tihipko married

Viktoriya Tigipko later in 2004, during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election campaign.[78] Viktoria is the President of the Odesa International Film Festival.[9] She is also managing director at a venture company which invests in online projects worldwide, and is considered to be one of the most successful businesswomen in Ukraine.[11][78] The couple have three children, born in 2002, 2005 and 2008.[11][79]

Notes

  1. insurgents declared several provinces unilateral independent.[75][77]

References

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    "Parliament to form leadership and coalition on November 27". Ukrainian Independent Information Agency. 26 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)
  3. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) "Strong Ukraine" revived", gazeta.ua (8 August 2014)
  4. ^
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  5. ^ a b c Ukraine's Party of Regions expels presidential hopefuls Tigipko, Tsariov and Boiko, Interfax-Ukraine (7 April 2014)
  6. ^ a b c Tigipko hooks up with Party of Regions, Kyiv Post (20 March 2012)
    Strong Ukraine party decides on disbanding to join Regions Party, Kyiv Post (17 March 2012) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  8. ^ Tihipko says he did not give consent to head Party of Regions, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (March 16, 2010)
  9. ^ a b For Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, a battle with no end in sight, Los Angeles Times (16 July 2014)
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  22. ^ Sylna Ukrayina party to support Tihipko in presidential elections, Kyiv Post (November 28, 2009)
  23. ^ Tihipko's team to participate in Kyiv mayoral election, Kyiv Post (January 20, 2010)
  24. ^ "Tihipko assures that he holds election campaign at his expenses". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  25. ^ "Tigipko at the presidential elections will be supported by the Labour Party" (in Russian). Persho Dzherelo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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  27. ^ Tigipko spends Hr 90 million for election campaign, Kyiv Post (13 January 2010)
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  30. ^ Ukraine's Orange leader Yushchenko loses election, BBC News (January 18, 2010)
  31. ^ Ukraine’s Tigipko Warns State of Emergency Possible, Bloomberg (January 22, 2010)
  32. ^ Tihipko says Tymoshenko wrong about his reasons for not openly supporting her, Kyiv Post (5 February 2010)
  33. ^ a b Tihipko ready to become prime minister under Yanukovych, Kyiv Post (11 February 2010)
  34. ^ Tymoshenko sure Tihipko will accept her offer to become prime minister, Kyiv Post (February 1, 2010)
  35. ^ Yanukovych going to call on Tihipko, Yatseniuk to join his team, Kyiv Post (February 8, 2010)
  36. ^ Electoral Situation in Ukraine: 50 days to go, Research & Branding Group (27 November 2009)
  37. ^ Tihipko in third position in presidential race, according to poll, Interfax-Ukraine (25 November 2009)
  38. ^ Ukraine. The Presidential battle., EuropaRussia (15 January 2010)
  39. ^ Exit poll: Tigipko would have won presidential election if he participated in run-off, Kyiv Post (February 9, 2010)
  40. ^ Yanukovych does not rule out Tihipko as prime minister, Kyiv Post (February 15, 2010)
  41. ^ Tihipko: No talks held with Yanukovych on premiership, Kyiv Post (17 February 2010)
  42. ^ Yanukovych has yet to secure ruling majority in parliament, Kyiv Post (25 February 2010)
  43. ^ Old Kuchma faces lead new government with Mykola Azarov as head, Kyiv Post (11 March 2010)
  44. ^ Ukraine's new government puts final nail in coffin of the Orange Revolution, The Guardian (11 March 2010)
  45. ^ "Expert: Tigipko to be responsible for all unpopular reforms". Kyiv Post. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
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  47. ^ Azarov: Regions Party teams up with Strong Ukraine, Kyiv Post (16 August 2011)
  48. ^ Man With A Mission, Kyiv Post (7 October 2011)
  49. ^ Strong Ukraine postpones decision on merger with Regions Party, Kyiv Post (22 October 2011)
  50. ^ Strong Ukraine to prepare its proposals to Regions Party on posts distribution, says Tigipko, Kyiv Post (22 October 2011)
  51. ^ Tigipko unanimously elected Regions Party deputy head, political council member, Kyiv Post (17 March 2012) Archived March 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  52. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (11 November 2012)
  53. ^ Tigipko not planning to work in Azarov government, Kyiv Post (22 December 2012)
  54. ^ Parliamentary vote on the draft resolution on the withdrawal of President of Ukraine to fulfill constitutional powers (number 4193) – as a basis and as a whole Archived March 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Verkhovna Rada
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  58. ^ Tigipko accuses Party of Regions of betraying interests of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (7 April 2014)
  59. ^ a b "Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote – CEC". Radio Ukraine International. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014.
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  62. ^ "Tigipko heads TAScombank supervisory council".
  63. ^ a b Tigipko acquires Russian Sberbank's Ukrainian subsidiary, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (13 December 2017)
  64. ^ a b c Tigipko:European integration more advantageous to Ukraine than accession to Customs Union, Kyiv Post (22 December 2012)
  65. ^ Ukraine should become a link between Europe and Russia, says Tihipko Kyiv Post Retrieved on November 30, 2009
  66. ^ Tihipko calling for depoliticization of relations between Ukraine and Russia in energy sphere, Interfax-Ukraine (January 5, 2010)
  67. ^ Ukraine, Russia should avoid politicizing economic issues, says Tihipko, Interfax-Ukraine (January 8, 2010)
  68. ^ Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Russia’s Stake in Ukrainian Elections Retrieved on November 30, 2009
  69. ^ Tihipko supports legalization of prostitution in Ukraine Kyiv Post Retrieved on November 30, 2009
  70. ^ Tihipko: we could be deprived of gas transportation system for debts if we not privatize it Kyiv Post Retrieved on November 30, 2009
  71. ^ Tigipko criticizes Yanukovych on Russian base extension Kyiv Post Retrieved on April 26, 2010
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  73. ^ Tigipko proposes to meet needs of southeast Ukraine residents, Interfax-Ukraine (20 May 2014)
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