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Ukrainian politician and racing driver In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alfredovych and the family name is Chervonenko.
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Yevhen Chervonenko
Євген Червоненко
Chervonenko in 2003
Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
In office
8 December 2005 – 24 December 2007
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byAnatoliy Holovko
Succeeded byValeriy Cherkaska (acting)
Minister of Transportation and Communication
In office
4 February 2005 – 28 September 2005
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byHeorhiy Kirpa
Succeeded byViktor Bondar
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
14 May 2002 – 17 March 2005
ConstituencyOur Ukraine Bloc, No. 30
Personal details
Born (1959-12-20) 20 December 1959 (age 64)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Political partyOur Ukraine
Alma materNational Mining University of Ukraine
Occupationpolitician, racing driver

Yevhen Alfredovych Chervonenko (Ukrainian: Євген Альфредович Червоненко; born 20 December 1959) is a Ukrainian politician and racing driver who served as governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2005 to 2007. Chervonenko previously served as Minister of Transportation and Communication in 2005, and as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2002 to 2005. He is of Jewish descent.

Biography

He was born was on 20 December 1959, in Dnipropetrovsk. Yevhen Chervonenko studied at the elite Dnipropetrovsk school number 23. He extramurally studied at Physics and Mathematics School of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1982 he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of National Mining University of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk). Being a student, he worked as a mechanic at Sovtransavto. During summer holidays he worked as a truck driver.

In 1982–1985 he was the design engineer of the special design department of the «Dnepromashobogaschenie» Institute.

In 1986 he became a professional car driver in racing, later – the member of the USSR national team, master of sports of the USSR of international class in rallying, prize winner of the European and USSR championships. In 1987 he established the first in the USSR professional auto racing team "Perestroika".

As a rally racer he became the Champion of Ukraine and the Champion of Ukrainian Games (1983), USSR Master of Sports, member of the USSR national team (1985), winner and prize winner of the European Championship, Champion of the USSR Peoples Games (1988), USSR Master of Sports of international class (1989), USSR rally champion.

In 1988, he established the "Trans-Rally" freight company.

In 1992, he founded the "Lviv Van Pur" joint venture company – the first company in the CIS that mastered the production of canned beer and canned soft drinks.

In 1994–1995 Yevhen Chervonenko was the chairman of the "Rogan Van Pur" joint venture company, Head of the Industrial Group "Ukraine Van Pur", Member of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (UUIE).

Since 1997, he has been a board member of the UUIE, Head of the Commission for the Development of Entrepreneurship, Vice President of the "Kyiv-Taipei" Society, member of the Council of Employers and Producers under the President of Ukraine, President of the "Orlan" Concern.

In 1997–2000 Yevhen Chervonenko served as the president (owner) of the "Orlan" concern, which specified in the production of non-alcoholic beverages and freight traffic. In 2001–2002 he became the honorary president of the "Orlan" concern.

Since 1998 he has started his political career. He was the People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IV convocation, from the Our Ukraine party. During the elections for the post of President of Ukraine in 2004, Yevhen Chervonenko headed the personal security guard of Viktor Yushchenko. From November 2004 to January 2005 he was the member of the National Salvation Committee.

Since January 2001 – the President of the Shooting Federation of Ukraine. Since April 2002 – Vice-President of the Eurasian Jewish Congress.

From February to September 2005 he was the Minister of Transport and Communications. 17 March 2005 Yevhen Chervonenko resigned deputy powers. He held the post of Head of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration in 2005–2007.

In 2008–2010 Yevhen Chervonenko worked as the First Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration. From March 2011 – the Head of the Aviation Department of the Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine, then – Assistant of Minister Viktor Baloha. He was also the Head of security of the President Yuschenko, who offered him to become the Head of The Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After finishing his political career he started a new project — "A2B.Direct". "A2B.Direct" is an online service that provides direct interaction between carriers and cargo holders at all stages. This service provides the search for the best cargo carrier, is able to keep in touch with the driver 24/7, provides the entire workflow cycle, insurance and legal support. Service users are able to track their cargo online and completely get rid of forwarding margins. Carriers and landowners are able to quickly find current deals and plan their load, reducing idle runs to a minimum.

Chervonenko was an independent candidate in Ukraine's 79th electoral district (which included the cities Vasylivka and Enerhodar and surrounding settlements) in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He finished fourth with 11.49% of the vote, the winner, Volodomyr Bandurov, (another independent candidate) got 21.81% of the vote.

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Chervonenko unsuccessfully participated in a constituency of Odesa. In constituency 134 situated in Odesa's Malynovsky Raion as an independent candidate he with 16.85% of the votes finished second after Oleh Koliev of the Servant of the People party (Koliev Gained 35.12%).

In the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections Chervonenko was a candidate for Mayor of Odesa for the party Our Land.

Awards and honors

  • The Order of Merit, III class (1997), II class (1999), I class (2004)
  • The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, V class (2009)
  • The winner of the contest "Man of the Year" in the nomination "Entrepreneur of the Year" (1999)
  • The gold medal of the International Personnel Academy "For effective management" (2000)
  • The Honorable Count of the Chivalery Order of the Archangel Michael (2001)
  • The Winner of the All-Ukrainian program "Leaders of the Regions" (2002)
  • Award weapon, presented by Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko
  • The Order of the Polar Star(Sweden, 1999), awarded by the King of Sweden Charles XVI Gustav
  • The Order of Merit for the Republic of Poland (Poland)
  • The Order for Outstanding Achievement (2000)
  • The Order of St. Stanislav, III class
  • The Commander of the Order of Knightly Valor, II class

References

  1. "Former Transport Minister Chervonenko may become Saakashvili's Deputy". www.unian.info. 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  3. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) "Our Land against the current government, but inferior to its rating". The Ukrainian Week. 5 October 2020.
  5. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.

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Political offices
Preceded byHeorhiy Kirpa Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine
2005 		Succeeded byViktor Bondar
Political offices
Preceded byAnatoliy Holovko Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
2005–2007 		Succeeded byValeriy Cherkaska (acting)
Ukraine First government of Yulia Tymoshenko
Prime-minister: Yulia Tymoshenko
First vice-premier-minister: Anatoliy Kinakh
Vice-premier-minister on European integration: Oleh Rybachuk
Vice-premier-minister on humanitarian issues: Mykola Tomenko
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Industrial policy Volodymyr Shandra
Family, youth and sports Yuriy Pavlenko
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