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| 8 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office March 21, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Ohrysko |
| Minister of Economy of Ukraine | |
| In office September 27, 2005 – August 4, 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-05-22) May 22, 1974 (age 50) Chernivtsi, Ukraine |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Tereziya Victorivna (1970) |
| Children | Hrystina, Sofia |
| Occupation | Politician, economist, and lawyer |
Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (Template:Lang-uk) (born May 22, 1974 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian politician, economist, and lawyer. Yatsenyuk is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine as of March 21, 2007.
Yatsenyuk finished his education at the Chernivtsi University (1996), and the Chernivtsi Trade-Economics Institute of the Kiev National Trade-Economics Institute (2001).
From December 1992 to September 1997 — law firm "Yurek Ltd.," 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 and headed the pro-presidential (Viktor Yushenko) Our Ukraine party in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections.
From March 9 to September 2005, Yatsenyuk served as the vice-president 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 commision.
From September 20, 2006, he served ast 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 Foreign Minister post by 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 Ohrysko.
References
- "Arseniy autobiography". Ukrayinska Pravda. 2007-03-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Biography from Radio Svoboda" (in Russian). 2007-03-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "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) - "Result of voting on appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs" (in Ukrainian). 2007-03-21.
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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.
| Preceded byVolodymyr Ohrysko | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 2007 |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Foreign Ministers of Ukraine (since 1990) | ||
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