Ihor Yushko

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ihor Yushko

| image = НДУ 3 Юшко Ігор Олегович.jpg

| image_size = 200

| office = 6th Minister of Finance

| term_start = 27 December 2001

| term_end = 26 November 2002

| predecessor = Ihor Mityukov

| successor = Mykola Azarov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|08|21|df=yes}}

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

| profession = Economist
politician

| alma_mater =

| primeminister = Anatoliy Kinakh

| president = Leonid Kuchma

| native_name = {{nobold|Ігор Юшко}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| caption = Yushko in 1998

}}

Ihor Olegovich Yushko ({{Langx|uk|Ігор Олегович Юшко}}; born 21 August 1961){{Cite news |title=Юшко Ігор |work=Financial Club |url=https://finclub.net/ua/dossiers/yushko-ihor.html}} is a Ukrainian politician who was formerly the Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2002.{{Cite book |last=Salo |first=Ivan Vasylʹovych |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzWaAAAAIAAJ&q=%D0%AE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%86%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 |title=Formuvanni︠a︡ i rozvytok derz︠h︡avnosti, ekonomiky ta nauky Ukraïny |date=2003 |publisher=VAT "Sumsʹka oblasna drukarni︠a︡" |isbn=978-966-589-666-1 |pages=347 |language=uk}}

Early life and education

Yushko was born on 21 August 1961 in the city of Zhdanov, Ukraine SSR,{{Cite book |last=Литвин |first=Володимир |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DahIAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%AE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%86%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 |title=Історія українського парламентаризму: від допарламентських форм організації політичного життя до сьогоднення |date=2010 |publisher=Дніпро |isbn=978-966-578-202-5 |pages=799 |language=en}} and he received his diplomas from the Kharkiv Engineering and Economic Institute in 1987 after graduating from the Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute in 1983.{{Cite web |title=Yushko Ihor Olegovich |url=https://rus.lb.ua/file/person/2438_yushko_igor_olegovich.html |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=LB.ua}} Also, he has a certificate from the Michel Institute designating him as a Western European market consultant.

Career

= Early career =

Prior to Yushko's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as a leading engineer at the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant from 1983 to 1992, and first deputy chairman, head of the board of the First Ukrainian International Bank (Donetsk), controlled by SCM Holdings of the famous Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov since 1992;{{Cite book |last=Підлуська |first=Інна |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ZExAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%AE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%86%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 |title=Ділова еліта України: Парламент |date=2000 |publisher=Український незалежний центр політ. досліджень |pages=257 |language=uk}} People's Deputy of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine III on Finance and Banking. At the time of the elections, he was a member of the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine from 1998 to 2002;{{Cite book |last=України |first=Центральна виборча комісія |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbdzqrJokBoC&q=%D0%AE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%86%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 |title=Парламент України--вибори-98: інформаційно-аналітичне видання |date=1998 |publisher=T︠S︡entralʹna vyborcha komisii︠a︡ |isbn=978-966-95532-2-5 |pages=436 |language=uk}} a member of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine in 2000.

= Ministerial career =

Yushko was named State Secretary of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance in December 2001, and Anatoliy Kinakh's government soon after appointed him Minister of Finance later that month on the 27th.{{Cite web |title=ІПС ЛІГА:ЗАКОН – система пошуку, аналізу та моніторингу нормативно-правової бази. |url=https://ips.ligazakon.net/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=ips.ligazakon.net}} A later adviser to Viktor Yanukovych, the Ukrainian prime minister. Since 2002, he has been the vice-president of Victor Pinchuk's Interpipe enterprise and head of the supervisory boards of Ukrsotsbank and Oranta insurance company. chairman of the board of the Public Joint Stock Corporation Subsidiary Bank of Sberbank of Russia since November 2008.

= Post-Ministerial career =

Yushko was appointed as a non-staff adviser to the head of state on 22 March 2010, by order of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, and on 24 February 2014, by order of the acting president. In January 2018, he made the decision to depart Sberbank. In connection with the conclusion of the deal, he would resign from his position as Sberbank's chairman of the board on 31 January 2018. Irina Knyazeva, Sberbank's deputy chairman, was named acting board chairman on 1 February.