Serhiy Tihipko
Serhiy Tihipko Leonidowytsch (Ukrainian Сергій Леонідович Тігіпко, Russian Сергей Леонидович Тигипко; born February 13, 1960 in Draganesti at Belzy, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. From March 2010 to February 2014, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. He was from March 2010 to April 2014, the Party of Regions.
Life
Tihipko closed on Metallurgical Institute in Dnepropetrovsk 1982, a university degree for metallurgical engineer from and received the degree of Doctor of Economics. He then served from 1982 to 1984 in the armored forces of the Red Army. From 1984 on, he worked in the management of a secondary school in Dnipropetrovsk. He became first secretary of the Regional Committee of the Komsomol and 1991 Vice Chairman of the Board of Dnipro Commercial Bank in 1989 and in 1992 was chairman of the private bank.
1994-1997 advised Tihipko Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on monetary issues and in 1997 Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs. 1997 to 2001 he was Deputy Chairman of the State Commission for administrative reforms. He was also Minister of Economics and in 2000 a member of parliament in 1999. From 2002 to 2004 he was president of the National Bank of Ukraine. From 2005, he became CEO of the financial group TAS and 2007 CEO of LLC Svedbank. In 2008 he was advisor to the Prime Minister. On 16 June 2009, he resigned from all positions back into the economy in order to focus on politics. His fortune is estimated at 369 million U.S. dollars. Thus, it is among the richest Ukrainians.
As chairman of the party " Strong Ukraine" Tihipko ceded in the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2010 and finished with 13.05% of the votes cast in third place behind Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko. He took the position that although the long-term integration of Ukraine into Europe have to strive for, but it was for membership in the European Union and NATO still too early in the election campaign of 2010. To improve relations with Russia and the port of Sevastopol continue to lease at an offer to the Russian Black Sea Fleet was important. However, he also pleaded for a revision of gas contracts with Russia. He advocated a tax amnesty to reduce the shadow economy and stabilize the Ukrainian tax system. In the dispute over whether Russian should be an official language, he did not speak for the recognition of Russian as an official language from. He gave but - in contrast to Yulia Tymoshenko - Interviews in Ukrainian and Russian.
After the presidential elections, which were won by Viktor Yanukovych, made him this in March 2010, Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet Azarov.
After the merger of the party " Strong Ukraine" with the Party of Regions in March 2012 Tihipko was deputy chairman of the Party of Regions.
In the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2014, he appears as an independent candidate. His party had declared by contrast, Congress decision Mykhailo Dobkin its official candidate. After Tihipko still did not withdraw his candidacy, he was expelled from the Party of Regions on April 7, 2014.