1. Yuriy Ivanovych Yekhanurov is a Ukrainian politician who was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2005 to 2006 and Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2009.
21 Facts About Yuriy Yekhanurov
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Yuriy Yekhanurov's father, Ivan Mikhailovich Yekhanurov is an ethnic Buryat, while his mother, Galina Ivanovna Yekhanurova is an ethnic Pole.
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Between 1955 and 1963 Yuriy Yekhanurov attended a school in the village of Buy, Bichursky District, Buryatia.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov holds a PhD-equivalent degree in Economics, is married, and has one son.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov graduated from a construction Technical School in 1967, and the Kyiv National Economic University in 1973.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov quickly rose through the ranks, moving on to the "Stroydetal'" industrial group from 1985 to 1988.
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When Ukraine gained independence in 1991, Yuriy Yekhanurov started working for the Kyiv municipal government, overseeing economic reforms.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine in 1993, and later headed the State Property Fund of Ukraine from 1994 to 1997.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov served for a short time as Minister of Economy in the cabinet of Pavlo Lazarenko in 1997.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov was elected member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in 1998.
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When Viktor Yushchenko was appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1999, Yuriy Yekhanurov joined his cabinet as First Vice Prime Minister.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov was elected head of the Central Executive Committee of People's Union Our Ukraine party.
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On September 8,2005, Yuriy Yekhanurov was appointed acting prime minister by President Viktor Yushchenko, after the President had sacked the previous Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov was succeeded by Victor Yanukovich on August 4,2006.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov's candidacy was hotly contested in parliament, most notably by former prime minister and Yushchenko's ally Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov's confirmation required two rounds of voting; in the first round on September 20,2005, Yekhanurov was only three votes short of the 226 needed for approval.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov was widely regarded as an experienced administrator, a caretaker rather than a politician.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10,2006 but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.
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Yulia Tymoshenko election was expected to be only a formality but opposition members blocked the parliament from Thursday, June 29,2006 till Thursday, July 6,2006 because they felt they hadn't got enough chairmen in parliamentary committees Yuriy Yekhanurov was skeptical about the new government and he wanted the Party of Regions to be a part of the new government He felt that would have been better for the stability of Ukraine.
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Yuriy Yekhanurov challenged his dismissal in court, but the Kyiv District Administrative Court rejected his relevant appeal on July 9,2009.
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From July 2009 till February 2010 Yuriy Yekhanurov was first deputy head of the Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat.