Serhiy Tihipko Сергій Тiгiпко |
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People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
In office 12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014 |
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Vice Prime Minister–Minister of social policy | |
In office 11 March 2010 – 24 December 2012 |
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Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
Preceded by | Vasyl Nadraha |
Succeeded by | Natalia Korolevska |
Minister of Economics | |
In office 31 December 1999 – 5 July 2000 |
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Prime Minister | Viktor Yushchenko |
Preceded by | Vasyl Rohovyi |
Succeeded by | Vasyl Rohovyi |
5th Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine | |
In office 17 December 2002 – 16 December 2004 |
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President | Leonid Kuchma |
Preceded by | Volodymyr Stelmakh |
Succeeded by | Volodymyr Stelmakh |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sergei Leonidovych Tihipko 13 February 1960 Dragoneshty, Moldovan SSR |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Strong Ukraine (2014-current) |
Other political affiliations |
Party of Regions (2012-2014) Strong Ukraine (2009-2012) Labour Ukraine (2000-2004), Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984-1991) |
Spouse(s) | Viktoriya Tigipko |
Children | Hanna (born 1984) |
Occupation | politician |
Website | www.tigipko.com |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service/branch | Soviet Army |
Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko or Sergiy Tigipko (Ukrainian: Сергій Леонідович ТiгiпкоRussian: Сергей Леонидович Тигипко) (born 13 February 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who has been Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subsequently served as Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine from 2002 to 2004. He ran unsuccessfully for President of Ukraine in the 2010 presidential election and participated in the 2014 presidential election, in which he placed fifth with 5.23 percent of the vote. Tihipko is also former Vice Prime Minister–Minister of social policy.
Tihipko was born on 13 February 1960 in the village of Drăgăneşti, Sîngerei, in the Lazovskiy district of the Moldovian SSR in Ukrainian family who moved there from Podolia in 1902. His father fought in World War II where he was badly wounded, and died when Tihipko was 10. His mother was a village nurse. He has two brothers: one six years older, and one two years younger.
Tihipko grew up in suburb of Chisinau and moved to Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR after finishing school when he was 17.
Tihipko was educated at the local school in Lazovskiy district, and then went to university in Dnipropetrovsk, where he graduated in engineering-metallurgy from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1982.