Yulia V. Tymoshenko
Oleksandr V. Turchynov
Hryhoriy M. Nemyria
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Leader
of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, and Head of the
Batkivshchyna Party.
Ms. Tymoshenko was a key leader of the Orange Revolution, a popular uprising against massive electoral fraud during the 2004 Presidential elections. Following the overthrow of the Kuchma regime through free and fair elections, she became Ukraine’s first female Prime Minister.
Ms. Tymoshenko began her political career in 1996 and was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Kirovohrad region, winning a record 92.3 percent of the vote in her constituency. She was re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006. In 1998, she became Chair of the Parliamentary Budget Committee.
From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Tymoshenko was the Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy in the cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko.
Ms. Tymoshenko graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State University with a degree in economics in 1984 and went on to earn a PhD in economics.
Ms. Tymoshenko was a key leader of the Orange Revolution, a popular uprising against massive electoral fraud during the 2004 Presidential elections. Following the overthrow of the Kuchma regime through free and fair elections, she became Ukraine’s first female Prime Minister.
Ms. Tymoshenko began her political career in 1996 and was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Kirovohrad region, winning a record 92.3 percent of the vote in her constituency. She was re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006. In 1998, she became Chair of the Parliamentary Budget Committee.
From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Tymoshenko was the Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy in the cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko.
Ms. Tymoshenko graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State University with a degree in economics in 1984 and went on to earn a PhD in economics.
First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
Oleksandr
V. Turchynov is Vice-Chairman of BYuT and was
most recently a member on the Regulations, Deputy
Ethics and Organization of Operations Committee.
He was first elected to parliament in 1998 as a representative of the Hromada Party, where he chaired the Budget Committee. Mr. Turchynov was re‐elected to parliament in 2002 and 2006 as part of the BYuT party slate.
On 4 February 2005, Mr. Turchynov was appointed and served as the first‐ever civilian head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Mr. Turchynov was director of the Economic Reforms Institute (Kyiv) from January 1994 to March 1998 and was head of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences’ Laboratory of Shadow Economy Research. He is also a founder and was a member of the All‐Ukrainian Hromada Association from December 1993 to May 1999.
Mr. Turchynov graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1986 and completed his first PhD in economics in 1995. He received a second doctoral degree in 1997 with the thesis ʺShadow Economy (Research Methodology and Mechanisms of Functioning).”
He was first elected to parliament in 1998 as a representative of the Hromada Party, where he chaired the Budget Committee. Mr. Turchynov was re‐elected to parliament in 2002 and 2006 as part of the BYuT party slate.
On 4 February 2005, Mr. Turchynov was appointed and served as the first‐ever civilian head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Mr. Turchynov was director of the Economic Reforms Institute (Kyiv) from January 1994 to March 1998 and was head of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences’ Laboratory of Shadow Economy Research. He is also a founder and was a member of the All‐Ukrainian Hromada Association from December 1993 to May 1999.
Mr. Turchynov graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1986 and completed his first PhD in economics in 1995. He received a second doctoral degree in 1997 with the thesis ʺShadow Economy (Research Methodology and Mechanisms of Functioning).”
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
Dr.
Hryhoriy Nemyria serves as Ukraine’s Vice Prime
Minister for European Integration and is a
parliament deputy of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko
(BYuT).
While BYuT was in Opposition, Dr. Nemyria was the Foreign Policy Advisor to Yulia Tymoshenko. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the party, Deputy Head of the BYuT parliamentary delegation and chairman of the parliament’s Subcommittee on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. In 2005, Dr. Nemyria served as Foreign Policy and European Integration Advisor to Ms. Tymoshenko during her previous term as Prime Minister.
In addition to parliamentary and political duties, Dr. Nemyria is a Founder and Director of the academic Center for European and International Studies (CEIS) and Honorary Chair of the Department for European Integration at the National Academy of Public Administration.
While BYuT was in Opposition, Dr. Nemyria was the Foreign Policy Advisor to Yulia Tymoshenko. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the party, Deputy Head of the BYuT parliamentary delegation and chairman of the parliament’s Subcommittee on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. In 2005, Dr. Nemyria served as Foreign Policy and European Integration Advisor to Ms. Tymoshenko during her previous term as Prime Minister.
In addition to parliamentary and political duties, Dr. Nemyria is a Founder and Director of the academic Center for European and International Studies (CEIS) and Honorary Chair of the Department for European Integration at the National Academy of Public Administration.