1. Under the Presidency of former President Viktor Yanukovych, Klyuyev served as First Vice Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012, and then he served as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine under Yanukovych for two years.
24 Facts About Andriy Klyuyev
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Andriy Klyuyev's brother Serhiy Klyuyev is a politician and businessman.
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In June 2009, the Andriy Klyuyev brothers were ranked 48th in the Korrespondents list of Top 50 richest Ukrainians with the estimated wealth of US$227 million.
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Andriy Klyuyev was last seen publicly with Viktor Yanukovych in Balaklava, Ukraine in early 2014.
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In 2019, the Security Service of Ukraine stated that Andriy Klyuyev was living in hiding in Russia, and in 2022 a British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office report alleged that Andriy Klyuyev, along with three other former Ukrainian government officials who served under Yanukovych, was allegedly working with the Russian intelligence services to "subvert Ukraine".
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Andriy Klyuyev graduated from the Mining College of the Donetsk Politech Institute as a mining automation and mechanization engineer.
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Andriy Klyuyev earned his Candidate of Technical Sciences post-graduate degree in 1989.
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Andriy Klyuyev started working in 1983 as an underground miner at Zasyadko coal mine, before becoming a foreman at the Gorki Mine in 1984.
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From 1986 to 1991 Andriy Klyuyev conducted full-time postgraduate research at his alma mater.
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From 1991 to 1994, Andriy Klyuyev headed several coal mining-related machine building companies, including "Ukrpidshipnyk" SC.
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Andriy Klyuyev has been repeatedly accused by journalists of being "a shadowy oligarch" with business links to Viktor Yanukovych's family, allegedly using his power to secure multi-billion contracts.
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Andrii and Serhiy Andriy Klyuyev were the principal beneficiaries in the Austrian holding company SLAV AG.
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In 2011, the Andriy Klyuyev brothers controlled five solar plants outside of Simferopol at Rodnykoye.
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Just prior to the Maidan revolution, Andrii and Serhiy Andriy Klyuyev sold their shares in Vienna based Activ Solar GmbH and Clean Economic Energie AG, which is a holding company that operates solar power plants in Crimea with 380 MWp capacity and 500 MWh annual production.
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On 14 December 2001, Andriy Klyuyev was elected the deputy chairman of the Party of Regions.
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On 19 April 2003, at the 5th Party Congress Andriy Klyuyev was elected the secretary of the party's political council.
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From 2003 to 2004, Andriy Klyuyev was the Energy Vice Prime Minister in the First Yanukovych Government.
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Andriy Klyuyev is described in the press as the Yanukovych's Shadow Campaign Head in 2010 presidential election, following Borys Kolesnikov as head of the electoral headquarter of the Party of Regions.
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Andriy Klyuyev was however, only named Deputy Vice Prime Minister, as more influential competitors insight the Party of Regions managed to occupy the posts of the Head of the Presidential administration and the Prime Minister.
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At the 2006 and 2007 parliamentary elections, Andriy Klyuyev was re-elected as a deputy for Party of Regions.
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On 11 March 2010, Andriy Klyuyev was appointed the First Vice-Prime Minister in the Azarov Government, and after the Yanukovych administrative reform on 9 December 2010, he has accepted the assignment of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade.
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On 14 February 2012, Andriy Klyuyev was appointed Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
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On 23 February 2014, just after the "Maidan revolution", Andriy Klyuyev resigned from this post.
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In June 2019, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine refused Andriy Klyuyev to register for 21 July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Ukraine in Electoral District 46 situated in Donetsk Oblast because he had not lived in Ukraine for 5 years.