Oleksiy Mykolayovych Liubchenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Миколайович Любченко, IPA: [ɔ.lekˈsʲij me.kɔˈla.jɔ.ʋet͡ʃ lʲubˈt͡ʃɛn.kɔ]; born 21 September 1971) is a Ukrainian politician who served as First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine from 20 May 2021 to 3 November 2021[1][2] and Minister of Economy.[3]
Oleksiy Liubchenko | |
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Олексій Любченко | |
 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 24th First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 20 May 2021 – 3 November 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Verkhovna Rada |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Preceded by | Stepan Kubiv |
| Succeeded by | Yulia Svyrydenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksiy Mikolayovich Lyubchenko 21 September 1971 Horodyshche Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Biography
editLiubchenko was born in the district of Horodyshche, Cherkasy Oblast in Ukraine.[4] After graduating from high school, he spent some time working at the Smila Machine Building Plant.[5] From 1988 to 1993 he studied at the Kyiv National Economic University, graduating with a specialty of economics and social planning.[5] After a graduating for a year he worked as an expert in the macroeconomics program at the Center for Market Reforms in Kyiv, but returned to Smila at end of the year where he got a job working in Smila's city council.[5] At the council council he became a senior economist and was then head of the dpeartment of communal property and entrepreneurship.[6] In 1998 he became deputy mayor and Deputy Head of the Department of Economics to the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast.[7]
In 1999 he went to work for the state tax administration of the Kirovohrad Oblast, in May becoming First Deputy Head of the administration.[5] In 2003 he became head of the state tax administration in the Cherkasy Oblast, a position he held until 2005 when he became Deputy Chairman of the Kirovohrad Oblast State Administration.[6] In 2007 he became a doctoral student at the Council for the Study of the Productive Forces of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, graduating in 2009 whereupon he became Deputy Chairman of the state tax administration.[8]
Personal life
editHe is fluent in German and is married with a son named Andrei who was born in 1994.[9]
Awards
edit- Order of Merit 3rd class (23 October 2004)[10]
References
edit- ^ "Rada dismisses Liubchenko from post of First Dpty PM, Economy Minister". Interfax. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Parliament dismisses First Deputy Prime Minister Liubchenko". Ukrinform. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Lyubchenko Oleksiy". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Rada appoints Liubchenko as First Dpty PM, Minister of Economy – 293 affirmative votes". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Олексій Любченко: біографія, освіта, досвід у податковій службі". ASPI. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Нелюстрированный чиновник: биография Алексея Любченко". 24 Канал (in Russian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Любченко стал министром экономики и вице-премьером: что о нем известно". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Алексей Любченко: что известно о новом главе Минэкономики, биография Любченко". ТСН (in Russian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Верховная Рада назначила Любченко новым министром экономики". LIGA (in Russian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня податкової служб України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 July 2023.