Valeriy Khoroshkovsky
| Valeriy Khoroshkovsky | |
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| Валерій Іванович Хорошковський | |
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| First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
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In office 22 February 2012 – 14 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Andriy Klyuyev |
| Succeeded by | Serhiy Arbuzov |
| Minister of Finance of Ukraine | |
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In office 18 January 2012 – 22 February 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Fedir Yaroshenko |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Kolobov |
| Head of the Security Service of Ukraine | |
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In office 28 January 2009 – 18 January 2012 |
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| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Valentyn Nalyvaichenko |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Kalinin |
| Head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine | |
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In office 24 December 2007 – 28 January 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Ministry of Economy and European Integration | |
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In office December 2002 – January 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Shlapak |
| Succeeded by | Mykola Derkach |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
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In office 29 March 1998 – 31 March 2002 |
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| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 January 1969 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR |
| Other political affiliations |
People's Democratic Party (1998-2002) Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party (2002) Labour Ukraine (2002) |
| Spouse(s) | Olena |
| Children | Two sons and a daughter |
| Alma mater | Kiev State University |
| Net worth | $568 million ($1.55 billion in 2008) |
Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovsky (Ukrainian: Валерій Іванович Хорошковський, born 1 January 1969 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian businessman, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine, former Minister of Finance, and former First Vice Prime Minister. According to Ukrainian and East European media Khoroshkovsky is one of Ukraine's richest people.
While being in public office Khoroshkovsky had large stakes in various Ukrainian media and metallurgy industries. In 2006 Khoroshkovsky stated: "I owned mid-sized businesses that had no kind of political influence. I cannot say I gained something for my business thanks to politics or that I had any political advantages thanks to business”.
Khoroshkovsky completed a postgraduate economics study at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University in 1993.
In 1994 Khoroshkovsky started a metal trading business in partnership with Vadym Gurzhos which he disbanded in 1995 to become active in banking. Since then Khoroshkovsky has been active in the furniture retail and trading business and has had stakes in dairy, soda, machinery and bus factories. In 2004 Khoroshkovsky sold his stake in Ukrsotsbank to Ukraine's second-richest businessman Viktor Pinchuk for an estimated $200 million.
After Khoroshkovsky's resignation as Economics Minister in January 2004 he was appointed vice president of steel giant Evraz, becoming its head in April 2006 either because of his connections or his 13-year friendship with Alexander Abramov. In December 2006 Khoroshkovsky resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Evraz because of his appointment as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
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