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Maxim MelnichukUkrainian politician and scientist
Date of Birth: 06.04.1973
Country:  Ukraine |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Academic Career
- - 2001-2004: Served as an associate professor
- National Academy of Agrarian Sciences
- - August 2014: Elected as Vice-President of the UAAS
- - September 6, 2016: Resigned from the position
- Investigation and Allegations
- Awards and Honors
- - Honorary Award from the NAAS
Early Life and Education
Maksym Dmytrovych Melnychuk was born in Kyiv on April 6, 1973. He graduated from high school in 1989 and went on to earn a degree in biology from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1994.
Academic Career
- 1997: Earned a Candidate's degree in biology (virology)- 1999: Graduated from the National Agrarian University of Ukraine with a master's degree in plant protection
- 2001-2004: Served as an associate professor
- 2003-2004: Dean of the Faculty of Plant Protection and Biotechnology at the National Agrarian University
- 2006: Earned a Doctor of Science degree from the D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology
National Academy of Agrarian Sciences
- 2007: Elected as a corresponding member of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences (UAAS)
- August 2014: Elected as Vice-President of the UAAS
Political Career- February 3, 2016: Appointed as Chairman of the Kyiv Regional State Administration
- September 6, 2016: Resigned from the position
- September 9, 2016: Dismissed from the position due to suspicion of corruption
Investigation and Allegations
- September 10, 2016: Melnychuk's wife reported his disappearance- September 14, 2016: Melnychuk was questioned as a witness by the Prosecutor General's Office
Awards and Honors
- Order of Merit, 3rd Degree- Honorary Diploma from the Ministry of Education and Science
- Honorary Diploma from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy
- Honorary Diploma from the Cabinet of Ministers
- Honorary Diploma from the Supreme Council of Ukraine
- State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
- "Badge of Honor"
- Honorary Diploma from the Ministry of Defense
- Medal "For Cooperation with the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine"
- Prize of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences "For Outstanding Achievements in Agrarian Science"
- Honorary Award from the NAAS
FamilyMelnychuk is married to Alina Valeriivna Melnychuk (born 1983) and has three children: Dmitry (born 2002), Vladimir (born 2005), and Elizabeth (born 2008).
