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Yuri Yekhanurov

Yuriy Yekhanurov
Юрій Єхануров
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Minister of Defense of Ukraine
In office
December 18, 2007 – June 5, 2009
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
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
President Viktor Yushchenko
Minister of Economy of Ukraine
In office
February 26, 1997 – July 25, 1997
Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko
Cabinet Lazarenko Government
Preceded by Vasyl Hureyev
Succeeded by Viktor Suslov
Director of State Property Fund
In office
1994–1997
President Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by Volodymyr Pryadko
Succeeded by Volodymyr Lanovy (acting)
Personal details
Born (1948-08-23) August 23, 1948 (age 68)
Belkachi, Yakut ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Sakha Republic, Russia)
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
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.


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