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Arseniy YacenukUkrainian statesman.
Date of Birth: 22.05.1974
Country:  Ukraine |
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Biography of Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Arseniy Yatsenyuk is a Ukrainian politician and statesman. He was born on May 22, 1974, in the city of Chernivtsi in a family of historian Petro Ivanovych Yatsenyuk and French language teacher Maria Hryhorivna Yatsenyuk. He is currently working as the deputy dean of the Historical Faculty at Chernivtsi National University and his wife, Teresa Viktorivna Yatsenyuk, is a French language teacher at one of the schools in Chernivtsi. They have two daughters, Kristina and Sofia. Arseniy Yatsenyuk also has a sister, Alina Petrovna Johns, who currently resides in the United States.
Early Career
In 1991, Yatsenyuk graduated from Chernivtsi Specialized English School No. 9 named after Panas Mirny. In 1996, he obtained a law degree from Chernivtsi National University. He later earned a second higher education degree in accounting and auditing from Chernivtsi Trade and Economic Institute of the Kyiv Trade and Economic University in 2001. He also holds a Ph.D. in Economics.
In December 1992, Yatsenyuk founded the law firm "YurEk-Ltd" in Chernivtsi and became its president. He combined his university studies with work at the firm. In September 1997, he became temporarily unemployed but found a job as a consultant in the credit department of Aval Postal and Pension Bank in Kyiv in January 1998. In December of the same year, he was promoted to advisor to the chairman of the bank's board. Yatsenyuk then served as deputy chairman of the bank's board before being appointed as the Minister of Economy of Crimea.
In September 2001, Yatsenyuk's political career began when he was elected as the acting Minister of Economy of Crimea by the Crimean Parliament. In November of the same year, he became the full-fledged Minister of Economy through the decision of the Crimean Parliament. In April 2002, Yatsenyuk and the entire Council of Ministers submitted their resignations with the formation of a new Crimean Parliament. However, Yatsenyuk retained his position and returned to his post as the Minister of Economy on May 15. He served in this position for less than a year before being transferred to a new job in Kyiv.
Political Career
In January 2003, Yatsenyuk was appointed as the First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) by the NBU Chairman, Serhiy Tigipko. When Tigipko became the head of the election headquarters for presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych on July 4, 2004, Yatsenyuk was entrusted with the duties of the NBU Chairman until the end of the pre-election campaign. Due to the political crisis, his term lasted until December 16 until the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine accepted Tigipko's resignation and appointed Volodymyr Stelmakh as the new head of the NBU.
On November 30, 2004, during the aforementioned crisis, Yatsenyuk issued a decree (NBU Resolution No. 576/2004) on the temporary ban on early withdrawal of bank deposits, which prevented possible negative consequences of the political confrontation.
In February 2005, Yatsenyuk resigned from his position and was dismissed. On March 9, 2005, he was appointed as the First Deputy of the Chairman of the Odessa Regional State Administration by Vasyl Tsushko, the Chairman of the Administration. He served in this position until his appointment as the Minister of Economy of Ukraine on September 27 of the same year. On September 27, 2005, Yatsenyuk was appointed as the Minister of Economy in the government of Yury Yekhanurov.
On May 25, 2006, the newly elected Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dismissed the government, but Yatsenyuk continued to perform his duties until a new government was elected. Due to the parliamentary crisis, Yatsenyuk had to work as the acting minister for over two months until he was dismissed along with the entire Cabinet of Ministers on August 4.
During his tenure as the Minister of Economy, Yatsenyuk led negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the World Trade Organization, chaired the "Ukraine - European Union" committee, served as a member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Investment in Ukraine, and held a managerial position in the board of the "Black Sea Trade and Development Bank."
In September 2006, Yatsenyuk was appointed as the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine and the President's representative in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. He also served as a member of the National Bank of Ukraine Council and the supervisory boards of the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine and the State Savings Bank of Ukraine.
On March 21, 2007, Yatsenyuk was approved as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and ceased his activities in the Presidential Secretariat. On the same day, he was elected as the Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with 426 votes out of 450. His candidacy was proposed by President Viktor Yushchenko after the parliament rejected the appointment of Volodymyr Ogryzko to the position twice.
During his tenure as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yatsenyuk emphasized the priority of the economy in Ukraine's foreign policy. He believed that Ukraine's foreign policy should be realistic, pragmatic, and predictable, with a focus on Eurointegration and access to European markets. He also recognized the importance of cooperation with Russia, stating that Russia is a crucial partner, and it is too big to have an unpredictable policy towards it.
In July 2007, Yatsenyuk was nominated as a candidate for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the political bloc "Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense" and went on unpaid leave. To maintain control over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yatsenyuk occasionally interrupted his leave, which lasted until the end of September.
Yatsenyuk went on leave for the second time on December 6, shortly after being elected as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. On December 18, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dismissed him from his position as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, ending his dual role as the head of the parliament and the head of the ministry. On the same day, Yatsenyuk was reinstated as a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDCU). Despite being briefly removed from the NSDCU, he was reappointed later that day.
