Volodymyr Vasylyovych Demchyshyn (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Демчишин) is a former Ukrainian banker and politician and a Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine (2014-2016) in the second Yatsenyuk Government.[2][3][1]

Volodymyr Demchyshyn
Володимир Демчишин
Demchyshyn in 2015
16th Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine
In office
2 December 2014 – 14 April 2016[1]
Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded byYuriy Prodan
Succeeded byIhor Nasalyk[1]
Personal details
Born (1974-11-12) 12 November 1974 (age 49)
Lviv, Ukraine
SpouseRayisa Demchyshyn
Alma materLviv University
Viadrina European University
University of Kansas

Biography edit

Demchyshyn studied international economic relations at Lviv University and received MBA in international finance at the University of Kansas Business School.[4]

In 2003 Demchyshyn started his career financial institutions and he has held top positions in the Kyiv branches of ING Bank and Ernst & Young.[2] Prior to his post of Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine he was Director of the investment company Investment Capital Ukraine.[2]

Due to the factsheet of the Bank Avangard he is one of the co-owners of the ICU/Bank Avangard-complex (whose former director was the actual governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Valeriya Hontareva).[5]

In December, 2014 Demchyshyn was appointed as the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine. He served as minister until May 2016.[6]

In May 2016, he was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of Naftogaz. He was resigned in September 2019.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  2. ^ a b c (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  3. ^ Profile on RIA Novosti website (in Russian)
  4. ^ "Міністр особливої напруги: глава Міненерговугілля Володимир Демчишин". ua.korrespondent.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  5. ^ "Unknown" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Демчишин Володимир Васильович | досьє ЄДНІСТЬ | ЗГАДУВАННЯ | УСІ НОВИНИ | Є!". Єдність.інфо. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  7. ^ "Наглядова рада". www.naftogaz.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine
2014–
Succeeded by
Incumbent