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Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (Template:Lang-uk) (born May 22, 1974 in Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician, economist, and lawyer. Yatsenyuk is the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (elected on December 4, 2007).

Yatsenyuk graduated from the Chernivtsi University (1996), and the Chernivtsi Trade-Economics Institute of the Kiev National Trade-Economics Institute (2001).

From December 1992 to September 1997 he was the president of "Yurek Ltd." law firm, based in Chernivtsi. From January 1998 until September 2001, Yatsenyuk worked in the post-pension "Aval" bank, based in Kiev.

From September until November 2001, Arseniy served as an "acting" Minister of Economy of Crimea, and from November of the same year until January 2003, served as the official Minister of Economy of Crimea.

From November 2003 to February 2005, Yatsenyuk served as the first vice-president of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine.

From March 9 to September 2005, Yatsenyuk served as the vice-governor of the Odessa Oblast Administration. From September 27, 2005 to August 4, 2006, he served as the Minister of Economy of Ukraine in the Yuriy Yekhanurov-led government. Arseniy Yatsenyuk then headed talks about Ukrainian membership in the World Trade Organization. Yatsenyuk also heads the Ukraine-European Union commission.

From September 20, 2006, he served as the first vice-president of the Head of Government of the President of Ukraine, and the chairman of the president in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk was proposed for the post of Foreign Minister by the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. Yatsenyuk was chosen for the post by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on March 21, 2007 with 426 votes (from 450 maximum), but only after the Ukrainian parliament twice denied the post to Volodymyr Ohryzko.

In September 2007, Yatsenyuk was elected to the parliament in Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. On December 3 2007, he was nominated for the position of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from the democratic coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. On December 4 2007, Yatsenyuk was elected the Chairman of the parliament. His candidacy was the only in the ballot, and he obtained 227 votes in favor (from the democratic coalition; opposition abstained from the voting).

References

1. "Arseniy autobiography". Ukrayinska Pravda. 2007-03-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Biography from Radio Svoboda" (in Russian). 2007-03-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. "On appointment of Arseniy Yatsenyuk as Minister of Foreign Affairs". Order of Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). 2007-03-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. "Result of voting on appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs" (in Ukrainian). 2007-03-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
5. "Ukraine minister gets "orange" OK for speaker job", Reuters (nationalpost.com), December 3, 2007.
6. Yatsenyuk - Speaker pravda.com.ua

External links

• "Arseniy Yatsenyuk Biography". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine website. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
• "Arseniy Yatsenyuk, young Ukrainian banker" (in Russian). svoboda-news.com.
• "Verkhovna Rada deputies' thoughts about Yatsenyuk" (in Ukrainian). Novyi Region 2.

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