1. Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Danylyuk is a Ukrainian politician and military serviceman who served as the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine.
30 Facts About Oleksandr Danylyuk
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Oleksandr Danylyuk's father, Oleksandr Danylyuk, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, while the mother, Lyudmila Danyliuk, taught cybernetics at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine with a degree in electric engineering in 1998.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk studied at the Kyiv Institute of Investment Management and obtained MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in 2001.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk worked in the private sector as a consultant and investment manager in a number of companies, including TEKT, Alfa Capital and Western NIS Enterprise Fund in Ukraine.
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Between 2006 and 2010, Oleksandr Danylyuk chaired the Rurik Investment fund that operated in London and Luxembourg.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk first joined public service in 2005 as economic advisor to the Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk actively supported signing of the EU-Ukraine association agreement, despite active opposition within the Government of the pro-Russian lobbyists.
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In 2016, Oleksandr Danylyuk was appointed a Minister of Finance.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk stated that he had been asked to use government money to fund particular politicians favoured projects, effectively to back political corruption.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk stated that Groysman seek his dismissal to prevent reform of State Fiscal Service notoriously known for its corruption and headed by the Groysman old ally Prodan.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk initiated dismissal of Roman Nasirov, Head of State Fiscal Service, whom he accused of corruption and sabotaging reforms in tax administration.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk filed the respective cases with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk used this as formal pretext to remove him from his position in Feb 2017, and later 2018 despite significant push back from the prime-minister succeeded in firing him permanently.
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Shortly after appointment Oleksandr Danylyuk renewed cooperation with IMF after long pause which allowed to unlock funding.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk played an instrumental role in this process overcoming resistance of Prosecutor general and other high level officials who attempted to prevent decision of assets freezing.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk has repeatedly stressed that reformation of State Fiscal Service is one of the key anti-corruption initiatives, as it will help to improve the business climate in Ukraine.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk was in charge of the development of the Law on National Anticorruption Bureau in cooperation with experts and civil society activists, and lobbied its adoption.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk actively promoted the reform of the law enforcement institutions.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk took actions at abolition of the Tax Police, a highly corrupt institution that harassed Ukrainian business.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk addressed the Parliament with pledged not to restore tax police.
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On 27 September 2019, Oleksandr Danylyuk wrote a resignation letter from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk explained his decision by disagreeing with the policy of "carpet games" in the new government.
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On 25 September 2020, Oleksandr Danylyuk was elected chairman of the supervisory board of the National Depository.
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In 2021 Oleksandr Danylyuk applied as head for the new Bureau of Economic Security.
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On 29 July 2021 Oleksandr Danylyuk was rejected to take part in the competition of selection because he could not provide a diploma of higher education in a specialty that did meet the requirements of the competition.
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Additionally, Oleksandr Danylyuk declared a cottage and a plot of land, both in joint ownership.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk declared a 2017 Volvo xx60 car and an antique.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk's wife, Lilia Litkovska, born in Kyiv, is an established Ukrainian designer and the founder of LITKOVSKA brand.
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Oleksandr Danylyuk speaks five languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English, Spanish and French.