Ihor Ivanovych Umansky (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Уманський; born 9 January 1975[1]) is a Ukrainian economist and civil servant.[2] On 4 March 2020, he was appointed as the Minister of Finance of Ukraine.[3] He was dismissed on 30 March 2020.[4] Umansky claims he never received a formal reason for his dismissal and that he first heard of it through news reports.[5]

Ihor Umansky
Ігор Уманський
Minister of Finance of Ukraine
In office
4 March 2020 – 30 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byOksana Markarova
Succeeded bySerhiy Marchenko
In office
8 April 2009 – 11 March 2010
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byViktor Pynzenyk
Succeeded byFedir Yaroshenko
Personal details
Born (1975-01-09) 9 January 1975 (age 49)
Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
EducationKyiv National Economic University

Biography edit

In 1997, Umansky graduated from Kyiv National Economic University. Candidate of Economic Sciences (2012).[6]

He held positions in the Ministry of Economy, the National Bank and UkrTransNafta.[1]

From 2008 to 2010, he served as First Deputy Minister of Finance.[1]

From 2014 to 2015, he again worked as First Deputy Minister of Finance.[7][8]

From 2016 to 2019, Umansky was an adviser to the President of Ukraine.[9][10]

Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine (2020).[11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Уманский Игорь Иванович". LB.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ Minakov, Olexiy (3 May 2017). "Igor Umansky, potential candidate for Central Bank governor, assesses Gontareva's tenure". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Ukrainian lawmakers vote to appoint Ihor Umansky as new finance minister". Reuters. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. ^ Ukraine's Rada sacks health, finance ministers amid virus crisis Ilya Yemets / 30 March 2020 / Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/m/politics/10937444-ukraine-s-rada-sacks-health-finance-ministers-amid-virus-crisis.html
  5. ^ "Ігор Уманський: "Від "скруток" із ПДВ бюджет недоотримує в середньому 5 мільярдів на місяць"". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Науковці України". irbis-nbuv.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Про призначення Уманського І. І. першим заступником Міністра фінансів України". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Про звільнення Уманського І. І. з посади першого заступника Міністра фінансів України". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 444/2016". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 50/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Єрмак розповів, чим займатиметься Уманський в ролі його радника". Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (in Ukrainian). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
2020
Succeeded by