Oleksandr Tretiakov
| Oleksandr Tretiakov Олександр Юрійович Третьяков |
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| Verkhovna Rada | |
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| Born |
Oleksandr Yuriiovych Tretiakov 20 March 1970 Kiev |
| Spouse(s) | Alla Tretiakova |
| Children | Daria, Daniil and Egor |
Oleksandr Yuriiovych Tretiakov is a Ukrainian politician, Member of Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) of the 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations, Head of the Cabinet of the President of Ukraine (2005).
Born in Kyiv on 20 March 1970. 1987-1992: study at Kyiv Higher Radio Engineering Academy of Air Defense. 1992-1994: service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Discharged with the rank of senior lieutenant.
Mother: Liudmyla Ivanivna Tretiakova (born 1946). Wife: Alla Feodosivna Tretiakova (born 1969), married since 1991. Children: daughter Daria (born 2003) and two sons, Daniil and Egor (born 2008). The parents communicate with their children in Ukrainian language, believing that only the family can foster love and respect for native language, history and culture in children.
After receiving higher education Oleksandr Tretiakov starts own business. From 1995 to 2002 he was the president of ATEK-95, one of the major oil trading companies in Ukraine. Oleksandr Tretiakov’s business interests also include real estate and media.
In 2006 Oleksandr founded Glavred Media, a media holding which included the most influential Ukrainian information agency UNIAN, Glavred magazine and website, Profile and Telecity magazines, Nova and Izvestiya v Ukraine (eng. News in Ukraine) newspapers, Telekritika (eng. Telecritics) website, and City TV channel. Ihor Kolomoyskyi, one of the top Ukrainian businessmen and a co-owner of Privat Group, becomes Oleksandr’s business partner in the media holding. The establishment of the holding was officially announced in August 2007. At the beginning of 2010, after Viktor Yanukovych won the presidential election, Tretiakov sells all his media assets.
In 2002 Oleksandr entered politics and became actively engaged with it. He was elected a Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the People's Movement of Ukraine (Narodnyi Rukh Ukrajiny) of Our Ukraine faction (number 41 on the party list). He was a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Tretiakov becomes one of the closest confidants to the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, and for a long time he was in the inner circle of the future President and subsequently the Head of the State. He was also one of financial sponsors of Our Ukraine opposition faction.
In the summer of 2004, when the election campaign headquarters of the presidential candidate Yushchenko is formed, Tretiakov is appointed deputy head of the headquarters, managing organizational and financial issues. During the Orange Revolution he was a member of the Committee of National Salvation. Many media sources have mentioned the politician as one of the sponsors of the Orange Revolution. In the autumn of 2004, after poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, he accompanied Yushchenko during his medical treatment in Austria. From September 2004 to the very day of inauguration in January 2005, Viktor Yushchenko and his family lived in Oleksandr Tretiakov’s house because of security concerns.
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