Ilya Drofa Ukrainian Soviet economic and party figure Date of Birth: 31.12.1905

Content:

1. Early Life and Career
2. - Name: Trokhym Yemeliyovych Drofa
3. Party Positions
4. Pre-World War II Positions
5. - Director of the All-Union Association of Cultural Goods (1937-1938)
6. Civilian Positions
7. Post-World War II Career
8. Military Administration
9. Later Positions
10. - Manager of the "Ukrorgtara" Trust (1968-1971)
11. Family

Early Life and Career

Birth and Family

- Born on December 31, 1905, in Chernyakhovka, Ukraine, to a peasant family

- Name: Trokhym Yemeliyovych Drofa

Early Work
- Began his working life in his hometown
- Chaired the Committee of the Poor in Chernyakhovka (1922-1923)
- Joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1927)
Education and Political Roles
Education
- Attended the Kyiv Soviet Party School (1929-1931)

- Studied economics at the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Consumer Cooperation (1932-1935)

Party Positions

- Held positions in the Babchinets District Committee of the Communist Party (1931-1932)

- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1940-1949)

- Chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Consumer Cooperative Employees (1938)

Pre-World War II Positions

Consumer Cooperative Activities

- Responsible instructor for the Union of Consumer Societies of Ukraine (1935-1937)

- Director of the All-Union Association of Cultural Goods (1937-1938)

World War II Period
Military Service

- Authorized representative of the Military Council of the Southwestern Front (1941-1942)

Civilian Positions

- Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Union of Consumer Societies (1938-1941, 1942-1944)

- Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Union of Consumer Societies (1942-1944)

Post-World War II Career

Ministerial Position

- People's Commissar (Minister) of Trade of the Ukrainian SSR (1944-1947)

Military Administration

- Head of the Trade and Supply Administration of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (1947-1949)

Later Positions

- Manager of the Ukrainian Office of "Ukragastronom" (1949-1959)

- Manager of the Ukrainian Republican Office of "Ukrlesstroytorg" (1959-1968)

- Manager of the "Ukrorgtara" Trust (1968-1971)

Retirement and Family
Retirement
- Retired as a national pensioner in Kyiv (1971)

- Died on December 15, 1982, and was buried in the Baikovo Cemetery in Kyiv

Family

- Wife: Maria Tymovivna Drofa (1902-1994)
- Son: Vadym Ilyich Drofa (1929-1995)
Military Rank and Awards
Military Rank
- Lieutenant of the Quartermaster Service
Awards
- Order of Lenin (1944)

- Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)

Politics

Zoran Lilich	Romano Prodi	Alec Brook-Krasny
Mario Soares	Ione Belarra	Alessandra Mussolini