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Oksana Markarova
Оксана Маркарова
Minister of Finance
In office
7 June 2018 – 4 March 2020
Acting until 22 November 2018
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Oleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byOleksandr Danylyuk
Succeeded byIhor Umansky
Personal details
Born (1976-10-28) 28 October 1976 (age 47)
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova (Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Маркарова; born 28 October 1976[1] in Rivne) is a Ukrainian politician and a former Minister of Finance in the government of Volodymyr Groysman and Oleksiy Honcharuk.[2] She was acting Finance Minister since 8 June 2018[3] acting after Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Groysman.[4]

Early life and education

In 1999 Markarova received a master's degree in Ecology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[1] In 2001 she got a master's degree in Public Finance and Trade at Indiana University.[1]

Career

Until transferring to the civil service in 2015, Markarova worked in the private sector.[1] Starting March 2015 Markarova was Deputy Minister of Finance under successive ministers Natalie Jaresko and Oleksandr Danylyuk.[1] Having in prior years worked with Jaresko at a US-backed[clarification needed] investment fund in Kiev, Markarova joined her as a deputy minister in 2015 to help usher the country through an IMF programme and restructure foreign debt after Russia occupied Crimea.[5]

After Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman[4][6] Markarova was appointed acting Minister of Finance on 8 June 2018.[3] On 22 November 2018 the Ukrainian parliament appointed her as Minister of Finance.[2] The start of the Shmyhal Government on 4 March 2020 was the end of her tenure as Minister of Finance.[7] After her dismissal Markarova returned to the private sector and her work on the supervisory board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[8]

Other activities

Personal life

Markarova is married to banker and businessman Danylo Volynets. The family has four children (two daughters of a husband from the first marriage and two common ones).[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Instead of Danyliuk: Who is this in at. the head of the Finance Ministry Oksana Markarova, 112 Ukraine (8 June 2018)
  2. ^ a b Ukraine parliament appoints Markarova, Friz ministers, UNIAN (22 November 2018)
  3. ^ a b Oksana Markarova appointed Ukraine's acting finance minister, UNIAN (8 June 2018)
  4. ^ a b Ukrainian lawmakers OK creating anti-corruption court, Business Insider (7 June 2018)
    Ukraine finance minister claims he was told to back corruption or quit, The Times (South Africa) (7 June 2018)
  5. ^ Roman Olearchyk (June 10, 2018), IMF-backed reforms in hand says new Ukraine finance minister Financial Times.
  6. ^ Roman Olearchyk (June 6, 2018), Ukraine’s PM asks parliament to sack his finance minister Financial Times.
  7. ^ "Ukrainian lawmakers vote to appoint Ihor Umansky as new finance minister". Reuters. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Former Finance Minister Markarova returns to business and registers a startup, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2019)
  9. ^ Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  10. ^ Оксана Маркарова: краткая биография и профессиональная деятельность
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
2018–2020 		Succeeded by
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