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Dmytro Salamatin

Dmytro Salamatin
Дмитро Саламатін
Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office
8 February 2012 – 24 December 2012
Preceded by Mykhailo Yezhel
Succeeded by Pavlo Lebedyev
General Director of Ukroboronprom
General Director of Ukrspetsexport
In office
2010–2011
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
2006–2010
Personal details
Born (1965-05-26) 26 May 1965 (age 51)
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
(now Kazakhstan)
Alma mater Moscow State Mining University (1991)
Karaganda State Technical University (1989)

Dmytro Salamatin (Ukrainian: Дмитро Саламатін) born on 26 April 1965, (Karaganda, Kazakh SSR) is the Ukrainian politician and statesman, the People's Deputy of Ukraine (in Verkhovna Rada), the First Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Committee for Science and Education and the Member of the Budget Committee (July 2006), the General Director of the State Company for export and import of military and special purpose products and services "Ukrspetsexport"; the General Director of the State Concern "Ukroboronprom" (2010–2012), the Minister of Defence of Ukraine ( from 8 February 2012 to 24 December 2012). and the Member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (from 17 February 2012 to 24 December 2012).

Born on 26 April 1965, (Karaganda, Kazakh SSR).

Mining Department of Karaganda Polytechnic Institute with a degree in "Technology and Complex Mechanization of Underground Mining of Mineral Resources" (1989). Retraining Courses of Moscow Mining Institute with a degree in "Engineer Economist" (1991).

The article 76 of the Constitution of Ukraine states that:

In view of the Russian citizenship until 2004, his activity as the Head of the Defense-Industrial Complex of Ukraine and the Minister of Defense of Ukraine had been constantly exposed to the attacks of the political forces and business groups concerned, that discredited the ability of Ukraine to execute a number of contracts of national significance, such as military equipment supply for the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Iraq or the Royal Thai Army, to meet their objectives.

He reformed the whole Defense-Industrial Complex of Ukraine in 2011 in the capacity of the Director of the Subsidiary Company "Ukroboronprom". Great portion of indebtedness of the Defense and Industrial Complex enterprises was written off, ensuring the development and proceeding to repayment of arrears in salaries. Exporters were combined into the state concern with the industrial enterprises for the first time, thus enabling to increase the production rate. In the result the number of aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was doubled as early as 2012. Almost all ships and vessels of the Maritime Forces of Ukraine were repaired; navigation and communication means, new parachute systems and many others were supplied to the troops.

During the period of his activity as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine in 2012 the average training time of one pilot was reached 51 hours for the first time since gaining the independence, about 42000 parachute jumps were made, considerably exceeding the previous years' figures., First All-Ukrainian tank competitions, starting a real heavy training of the tank troops' specialists, were held at the initiative of the Head of Defence Agency.


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