1. Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovskyi is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 2010 to 2012 and as Minister of Finance and First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine briefly in 2012.
18 Facts About Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was born on 1 January 1969 in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, then part of the Soviet Union.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi completed a postgraduate economics study at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University in 1993.
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In 1994, Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi started a metal trading business in partnership with Vadym Gurzhos which he disbanded in 1995 to become active in banking.
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Since then Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi has been active in the furniture retail and trading business and has had stakes in dairy, soda, machinery and bus factories.
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In 2004 Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi sold his stake in Ukrsotsbank to Ukraine's second-richest businessman Viktor Pinchuk for an estimated $200 million.
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In December 2006 Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Evraz because of his appointment as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
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In June 2010, both Kanal 5 and TVi accused Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi of abusing his power and influence to preserve monopoly control of Ukraine's media airwaves and limit objective news reporting.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi replied that he was ready to sell his media business to a willing buyer.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1998 until 2002 after winning a seat in the Krasnoperekopsk constituency, representing the People's Democratic Party.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed minister of economy in December 2002 in the new Viktor Yanukovych government on recommendation of Labour Ukraine.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi resigned in January 2004, complaining that the Finance Ministry was preventing his Economic Ministry from drawing up long-term economic plans.
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On 24 December 2007 Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed as Head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was relieved of this post on 28 January 2009.
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On 11 March 2010 Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed head of the SBU by the Verkhovna Rada.
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On 19 April 2010 Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed a staff member of the National Bank of Ukraine by President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi believes that the SBU should reduce public access to its archives and concentrate on its main task of being a secret service.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi resigned from the interim Azarov Government on 14 December 2012 because he "considered Azarov incapable of carrying out economic reforms and defending our country's strategic course for European integration".