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Leonid BaysarovPresident of the public joint-stock company "Pokrovskoe Mine Administration"
Date of Birth: 19.07.1947
Country:  Ukraine |
Content:
- Vitaliy Tymoshchenko: A Ukrainian Mining Magnate and Political Figure
- Production Career
- Political Career
- Awards and Honors
Vitaliy Tymoshchenko: A Ukrainian Mining Magnate and Political Figure
Early Life and EducationVitaliy Tymoshchenko was born on July 19, 1947, in Nikitovka, a village in the present-day Horlivka district of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. He received a mining engineering degree from Dnipropetrovsk Mining Institute in 1972 and a finance degree from Donetsk State University in 1999. In 2004, he earned a doctorate from National Mining University for his dissertation on the optimization of underground mine support systems.
Production Career
Tymoshchenko's production career spans several decades in the Ukrainian mining industry. From 1972 to 1975, he held various positions at Mine 39 of the Shakhtarskantracit Combine in Shakhtarsk. Subsequently, from 1975 to 1990, he worked at the O.G. Stakhanov Mine, holding roles such as section supervisor and deputy production manager. In 1990, he became the director of Красноармейская-Западная Mine No. 1 in Krasnoarmiysk.
In 1996, Tymoshchenko became the director of Krasnoarmiyskaya-Zapadnaya Coal Company, a position he held until 2010. He oversaw the company's expansion and modernization efforts during this period. In 2010, he became the president of OAO Mining Administration Pokrovskoe, a public joint-stock company based in Pokrovsk, Ukraine.
Political Career
Tymoshchenko entered politics in 2002 when he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, as a member of the 4th convocation. He served as the chairman of the subcommittee on strategy development, investments, and privatization within the Committee on Fuel and Energy, Nuclear Policy, and Nuclear Safety.
In 2012, he returned to the Verkhovna Rada as a member of the 7th convocation, representing single-member constituency No. 50 in Donetsk Oblast. He received 72.7% of the votes.
Awards and Honors
Tymoshchenko has been recognized for his contributions to Ukraine's mining industry and society. In 2004, he was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for his outstanding achievements in developing the coal industry and his unwavering dedication to his profession. He has also received the Orders of Merit of various degrees, the Medal for Labor Distinction, and the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology.
In addition to his state honors, Tymoshchenko holds honorary memberships in the International Academy of Sciences for Ecology, Human Security, and Nature, and the Honorary Miner of Ukraine (1987). He is also the recipient of several awards from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
