Fedir Yaroshenko

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Fedir Yaroshenko

| image = 20110222 Fedir Yaroshenko.jpg

| caption = Yaroshenko in 2011

| office = 11th Minister of Finance

| term_start = 11 March 2010

| term_end = 18 January 2012

| predecessor = Ihor Umanskyi (acting)

| successor = Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Khartsyzk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| profession = Economist
Politician

| alma_mater = Luhansk National Agrarian University

| primeminister = Mykola Azarov

| president = Viktor Yanukovych

| native_name = {{nobold|Федір Ярошенко}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| allegiance = {{Flag|Soviet Union}}

| branch = {{army|Soviet Union}}

| spouse = Nina Hryhorivna

| children = Oleksiya
Yuriya

}}

Fedir Alekseevich Yaroshenko ({{Langx|uk|Федір Олексійович Ярошенко}}; born 5 December 1949) is a Ukrainian economist and politician who was Head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine from 2004 to 2005, and Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2012.

Early life and education

Yaroshenko was born on 5 December 1949 in the city of Khartsyzk, Ukraine SSR, and his major at the Voroshilovgrad Agricultural Institute was Economics and Organization of Agriculture, and he earned his diploma there in 1976.{{Cite web |title=Ярошенко Федір Олексійович |url=https://lb.ua/file/person/2930_yaroshenko_fedir_oleksiyovich.html |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=LB.ua}}

Career

Prior to Yaroshenko's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as a machinist at the Zuhres Energy and Mechanical Plant from 1967 to 1968, a laboratory assistant at the Chemistry Department of the Voroshilovgrad Agricultural Institute from 1970 to 1971 after serving in the army, a chief accountant at the Zuhres Plemptycer State Farm from 1976 to 1979, the director at the Novoselydivska poultry farm in Tsukuryne from 1979 to 1984, the director at the Yenakiivska poultry farm in Yenakieve from 1984 to 1994, and the general director at the Donetskptakhoprom production association in Yenakieve from 1994 to 1997. His work with the government began as the first deputy head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (STAU) Mykola Azarov from 1997 to 2002, the first deputy to the Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2004,{{Cite web |title=ShieldSquare Captcha |url=https://www.kmu.gov.ua/npas/3784968 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=www.kmu.gov.ua |language=en}} the head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine from 2004 to 2005, and the head of the group of advisers of the VBF Garant in Kyiv from 2007 to 2008.{{Cite web |title=Довідка: Ярошенко Федір Олексійович |url=http://dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=57825 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=dovidka.com.ua}}

= Minister of Finance =

On 11 March 2010, he has been appointed as the Minister of Finance in Mykola Azarov's government. Later that year, he added in a conversation with the governors, improvements will be made, giving them the chance to fix any bottlenecks in the new budget.{{Cite web |title=Від нового формування бюджету виграють села, селища і містечка. Михайло Добкін |url=https://kharkivoda.gov.ua/news/52615 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Харківська обласна військова адміністрація |language=uk}} He would take part in the organizational committee for the preparation and holding of the high-level meeting "Kyiv Summit on Safe and Innovative Use of Nuclear Energy" on 22 February 2011.{{Cite news |date=22 February 2011 |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №225/2011 |work=president.gov.ua |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/2252011-12752}} On 18 January 2012, he resigned by decree of President Viktor Yanukovych,{{Cite web |title=Президент принял отставку министра финансов Ярошенко |url=https://daily.rbc.ua/rus/show/prezident-prinyal-otstavku-ministra-finansov-yaroshenko-18012012124000 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=РБК-Украина |language=uk}} therefore replaced by Valeriy Khoroshkovski. No reason for his resignation was given and only expressed his wish for his successor to operate efficiently and without many blunders in broadcast remarks.{{Cite web |last=AP |title=Ukraine Finance Minister Resigns After $15 Billion IMF Loan Blocked |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-finance-minister-fedir-yaroshenko-2012-1 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

= Resignation =

According to Yaroshenko, following the meeting with the president, he requested the president's unilateral dismissal from his position as Minister of Finance. The Head of State agreed with his suggestion and he decided to write a statement on his own. Under criticism for a $15 billion IMF loan that had been rejected, Yaroshenko resigned. The IMF stopped an aid package last spring because Kyiv refused to raise home gas prices and reduce government spending as a result. This has put pressure on Ukraine's budget. To maintain the hryvna, the central bank had to use its reserves. He urged Moscow for cheaper gas as he was hesitant to take the hard step of hiking household gas prices before the parliamentary elections later that year. Moreover, in an effort to divert criticism of his administration ahead of that fall's legislative elections, he has regularly lambasted Prime Minister Mykola Azarov over economic and other issues.