Ihor Petrashko
Ihor Petrashko | |
|---|---|
Ігор Петрашко | |
 Petrashko in 2020 | |
| Minister of Economic Development and Trade | |
| In office 17 March 2020 – 18 May 2021 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Pavlo Kukhta (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Oleksiy Liubchenko[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1975 Stryi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Lviv Polytechnic Vanderbilt University University of Lviv |
| Occupation | Economist politician |
Ihor Rostyslavovych Petrashko (Ukrainian: Ігор Ростиславович Петрашко; born 6 October 1975[2]) is a Ukrainian economist and politician.[3] From 17 March 2020 until 18 May 2021 he was the Minister of Economic Development and Trade.[4]
Biography
[edit]He studied at the Lviv Polytechnic. In 2001, he received an MBA from the Vanderbilt University (United States).[2]
Petrashko worked as a corporate restructuring consultant. He also worked at the Kyiv office of Ernst & Young.[5]
From 2007 to 2013, he held positions at the (Ukrainian subsidiary of the Russian investment company[6]) Troika Dialog Ukraine Investment Company.[5] From 2012 to 2013 Petrashko worked in Russia where he headed a corporate business department of Sberbank (Troika Dialog is one of the investors in Sberbank).[6]
Since April 2013, Petrashko was Deputy General Director of UkrLandFarming.[2]
On 17 March 2020 Petrashko was appointed as the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[4] On 17 December 2020 this ministry lost its responsibility for Ukraine's agricultural policy because that day Roman Leshchenko was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food.[7]
On 14 May 2021 Petrashko offered his resignation as Minister, according to a source of UNIAN he was "stepping down due to inefficient performance."[8] On 18 May 2021 the Ukrainian parliament dismissed him as Minister.[9]
Family
[edit]Petrashko is married to Svetlana, a citizen of Russia where she co-owns a third of a 109-square-meter flat in Moscow's Donskoy District.[6] She also owns real estate in Ukraine.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rada appoints Liubchenko as First Dpty PM, Minister of Economy – 293 affirmative votes, Interfax-Ukraine (21 May 2021)
- ^ a b c "Петрашко Игорь Ростиславович". ru.slovoidilo.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Ukrlandfarming Deputy CEO Petrashko explained the company's farmland management". latifundist.com. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Agricultural Executive Takes Over As Ukraine's New Economy Minister". rferl.org. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Петрашко Ігор Ростиславович". dovidka.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d New Ukraine economy minister "lacked time" to declare house outside Kyiv, Moscow flat: Schemes, UNIAN (22 March 2020)
- ^ Parliament appoints Leshchenko as agricultural policy minister, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
- ^ Two ministers file resignation letters – Rada chair's spox, UNIAN (14 May 2021)
- ^ Lawmakers back Economy Ministry's resignation, UNIAN (18 May 2021)
External links
[edit]
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Stryi
- Ernst & Young people
- Lviv Polytechnic alumni
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- University of Lviv alumni
- Ukrainian expatriates in Russia
- Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture
- Agriculture ministers of Ukraine
- Independent politicians in Ukraine
- 21st-century Ukrainian economists
- 21st-century Ukrainian politicians