Volodymyr Omelyan
Volodymyr Omelyan Володимир Омелян | |
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| 5th Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 14 April 2016[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Andriy Pyvovarsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 30, 1979 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | People's Front |
| Alma mater | University of Lviv Lviv Polytechnic |
| Occupation | diplomat, politician |
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Omelyan (Ukrainian: Володимир Володимирович Омелян) (January 30, 1979 in Lviv[2]) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. He is currently the Ukraine's infrastructure minister in the government of Volodymyr Groysman.
Biography
Born January 30, 1979 in Lviv Omelyan graduated from the University of Lviv in 2000 and the Lviv Polytechnic in 2001.[2] He has a degree in finance, international relations, economics and entrepreneurship.[2]
From 2000 until 2008 Omelyan had a career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.[2] He then worked in the embassy of Ukraine in Vienna, Austria.[2] Omelyan switched for two years to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.[2] Then he returned to the Foreign Ministry. From 2012 to 2014 was a top civil servant in Ukraine's Ministry of Finance.[2] Omelyan served as Deputy Minister of Infrastructure from 2014 to 2016.[2]
On 14 April 2016 Omelyan was appointed Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine on the quota of the People's Front.[1][2]
In September 2018 the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine started an investigation on suspicion of illegal enrichment claiming Omelyan assets, which included $90,000 in cash and a BMW car, exceeded what he would have earned as a civil servant since the year 2000.[3] They also alleged that he did not declare assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars across 2015 and 2016.[3] Omelyan denied the allegations and claimed that the investigation was politically motivated and intended to discredit the government ahead of the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[3]
Omelyan has one son from his first marriage.[4] Omelyan's second wife is Ukrainian fashion designer Svitlana Bevza.[4] The couple has 2 children who were both born in the United States and thus automatically became citizens of America.[4]
Omelyan is of Armenian descent.[5]
References
- ^ a b Rada approved the new Groysman Government (full list, photo) (Рада затвердила новий Кабмін Гройсмана (повний список, фото)). Ukrainian News. 14 April 2016
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cabinet of Groysman: who are all these people? (part 2), 112 Ukraine (15 April 2016)
- ^ a b c Ukrainian minister faces graft probe, says case politically motivated, Reuters (13 September 2018)
- ^ a b c Template:Uk icon At the Minister Omelyan's daughter was an American, Tablo ID (21 April 2018)
- ^ http://armedia.am/eng/news/32593/two-armenians-in-the-new-government-of-ukraine.html
External links
- Volodymyr Omelyan at the Ministry of Infrastructure website
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