Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров |
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Minister of Defense of Ukraine | |
In office December 18, 2007 – June 5, 2009 |
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President | Viktor Yushchenko |
Cabinet | Second Tymoshenko Government |
Preceded by | Anatoliy Hrytsenko |
Succeeded by | Mykhailo Yezhel |
11th Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
In office September 8, 2005 – August 4, 2006 Acting September 8–22, 2005 |
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President | Viktor Yushchenko |
Cabinet | Yekhanurov Government |
Preceded by | Yulia Tymoshenko |
Succeeded by | Viktor Yanukovych |
Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Region | |
In office April 1, 2005 – September 8, 2005 |
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President | Viktor Yushchenko |
Minister of Economy of Ukraine | |
In office February 26, 1997 – July 25, 1997 |
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Prime Minister | Pavlo Lazarenko |
Cabinet | Lazarenko Government |
Preceded by | Vasyl Hureyev |
Succeeded by | Viktor Suslov |
Director of State Property Fund | |
In office 1994–1997 |
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President | Leonid Kuchma |
Preceded by | Volodymyr Pryadko |
Succeeded by | Volodymyr Lanovy (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Belkachi, Yakut ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Sakha Republic, Russia) |
August 23, 1948
Political party | Revival |
Other political affiliations |
People's Union Our Ukraine People's Democratic Party |
Alma mater |
Kyiv National Economic University Kiev University |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www.yekhanurov.com |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | ||||
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3rd convocation | ||||
May 12, 1998 – February 22, 2000 | ||||
Elected as: People's Democratic Party, Zhytomyr Oblast, District No.64 | ||||
4th convocation | ||||
May 14, 2002 – June 23, 2005 | ||||
Elected as: Independent, No.26 | ||||
5th convocation | ||||
May 25, 2006 – June 8, 2007 | ||||
Elected as: Our Ukraine, No.1 | ||||
6th convocation | ||||
November 23, 2007 – December 19, 2007 | ||||
Elected as: Our Ukraine, No.24 |
Yuriy Ivanovych Yekhanurov (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Єхануров) (born August 23, 1948) is a Ukrainian politician who was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2005 to 2006 and Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2009.
Yekhanurov was born in the village Belkachi in the far-north Yakut ASSR, which is currently the Sakha Republic within the Russian Federation. His father, Ivan Mikhailvich Yekhanurov is an ethnic Buryat, while his mother, Galina Ivanovna is an ethnic Ukrainian. In 1955 - 1963 Yuriy Yekhanurov attended a school in village Buy, Bichursky District, Buryatia. In 1963 he moved to Kiev, Ukraine, where he has spent most of his life and career. He holds a PhD-equivalent degree in Economics, is married, and has one son.
Yekhanurov graduated from the Kiev Construction tekhnikum in 1967, and the Kyiv Institute of National Economy in 1973. He was appointed manager of the "Kyivmiskbud-4"'s Plant of reinforced concrete as his first job in 1974. Yekhanurov quickly rose the ranks, already heading the "Stroydetal'" industrial group from 1985 to 1988. In that year, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Kiev construction , the "Golovkyivmiskbud".
When Ukraine gained independence in 1991, Yekhanurov started working for the Kiev municipal government, overseeing economic reforms. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine in 1993, and later headed the State Property Fund of Ukraine (which coordinated the privatisation) from 1994 to 1997. Yekhanurov also served for a short time as Minister of Economy in the cabinet of Pavlo Lazarenko in 1997. He was elected member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in 1998.