Natalie Jaresko
| Natalie Jaresko Наталія Яресько |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 2 December 2014 – 14 April 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Shlapak |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Danylyuk |
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| Born |
24 April 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater |
DePaul University Harvard University |
Natalie Ann Jaresko (Ukrainian: Наталія Енн Яресько; born 24 April 1965) is an American-born Ukrainian investment banker who served as Ukraine's Minister of Finance from 2014 till 2016. She did not return in the Groysman Government that was installed in 14 April 2016.
Jaresko was born on 24 April 1965 in Elmhurst, Illinois, the daughter of Mary (Maria), née Budziak, and John (Ivan) Jaresko, both Ukrainian immigrants to the United States. Her father was born in Poltava Oblast during the Holodomor, during which her kulak great-grandparents, Feofan and Natalia Brazhnyk, starved to death.
Jaresko was raised with two siblings, Katherine and John, in Wood Dale, Illinois. Although her family spoke mainly English, she attended Ukrainian school on Saturdays and the Ukrainian Orthodox church on Sundays. She is bilingual in English and Ukrainian. Residing in Ukrainian Village, Chicago, she studied accounting at DePaul University, earning a B.Sc. degree in 1987. She received a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1989.
Jaresko divorced from Ihor Figlus in 2011. Her two daughters, born around 1999 and 2006, live with her in Ukraine.
Jaresko lived in Ukraine from 1992 to 2000, and returned in 2004. She received Ukrainian citizenship on 2 December 2014, the day of her appointment as Minister of Finance of Ukraine. She remains a U.S. citizen. Although the U.S. does not prohibit dual citizenship, Ukrainian law states that she must renounce her non-Ukrainian citizenship(s) within two years.
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