Andriy Pyvovarsky
Andriy Pyvovarsky Андрій Пивоварський | |
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| 4th Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine | |
| In office 2 December 2014 – 14 April 2016[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| Preceded by | Maksym Burbak |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Omelyan |
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| Born | 12 June 1978 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR |
| Alma mater | Kiev University Tufts University |
Andriy Mykolayovych Pyvovarsky (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Пивоварський) is a Ukrainian businessman and a former Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.[2][3] He did not retain his post in the Groysman Government that was installed in 14 April 2016.[1]
Biography
Pyvovarsky graduated in 2000 from the history department of the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev.[3] In 2003 he received a master's degree in International Business and Finance of Tufts University (United States).[3]
From 1998 to 2001 he worked as a financial analyst and business developer in Kiev Investment Group BLASIG, where he developed and oversaw a number of projects with an investment of $10 million.[3]
From 2003 to 2006 Pyvovarsky worked at International Finance Corporation (IFC) as an investment adviser.[3]
In January 2006 Pyvovarsky joined the investment company Dragon Capital, where he headed the investment banking division.[3]
In January 2013 Pyvovarsky became CEO of Continuum Group, which is owned by Ihor Yeremeyev, Stepan Ivakhiv and Petro Dyminskyi.[3]
On 2 December 2014 Pyvovarsky was appointed Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine in the second Yatsenyuk Government.[3]
On 11 December 2015 Pyvovarsky announced his resignation.[4] He stated he planned to resign because his subordinates, volunteers he had attracted to the ministry, could not "work having non-market salaries".[5] An anonymous source in his ministry told UNIAN that Pyvovarsky was "extremely dissatisfied" with the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction refusal to adopt key bills regarding Ukraine's transport industry.[6] His resignation letter was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) in December 2015.[6] Pyvovarsky was never formally dismissed.[6] He was finally relieved from his post when the Groysman Government was installed in 14 April 2016.[1]
References
- ^ a b c New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
- ^ Profile on the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Template:Uk icon
- ^ a b c d e f g h Template:Ru icon/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
- ^ Andriy Pyvovarsky: A lot done, more to do in Ukraine’s infrastructure sector, Kyiv Post (11 December 2015)
- ^ Red tape, low salaries are reason for resignation of minister Pyvovarsky and his team, Interfax-Ukraine (14 December 2015)
- ^ a b c Infrastructure Minister on vacation, not going to return to office – source, UNIAN (16 March 2016)