Ostap Semerak

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Ostap Semerak
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Ostap Semerak
Minister of Ecology
Assumed office
14 April 2016[1]
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
Preceded by Anna Vronsky (acting)[2]
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
In office
27 February 2014 – 2 December 2014[3]
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded by Vladislav Zabarsky (acting)
Succeeded by Hanna Onyschenko[3]
Personal details
Born (1972-06-27) 27 June 1972 (age 51)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
Political party People's Front
Alma mater Lviv University
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Signature Ostap Semerak's signature

Ostap Semerak is a Ukrainian politician and People's Deputy of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. Since 14 April 2016 he is Minister of Ecology in the Groysman Government.[1]

Semerak is currently a member of the People's Front.

Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in Yatsenyuk Government from 27 February 2014 till 2 December 2014.[3]

Education

From 1989 to 1994 he studied at the Faculty of Physics of the Lviv University, and from 1992 to 1998 at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy for master degree in political science.

Career

  • 1992–1995 – Co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Student Fellowship of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
  • 1994–1996 – Coordinator of the "School of young politician" Ukrainian Reform Support Foundation.
  • Since 1996 – President of the Foundation for the development of political and legal culture.
  • From February 1997 – Head of the Secretariat fraction PRP "Reforms Center", 2002 – Head of Secretariat of the faction "Our Ukraine", 2005 – Head of the Secretariat of the Reforms and Order Party in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
  • August 2006 – November 2007 – Deputy Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration on Internal Affairs and Communications.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Semerak was re-elected into parliament placed 33rd on the electoral list of People's Front.[4][5][6] He was designated as the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of European integration on December 4, 2014.[7]

Since 14 April 2016 he is Minister of Ecology.[1]

He was a member of the Reforms and Order Party (from 1997), chairman of the executive committee.

Co-author of the book "ABC Ukrainian politics" (1997).

He speaks English.

Keen on sports and cars.

Awards and State Ranks

A civil servant 3rd rank (August 2001).

Family

Father Michael Mikhailovich (1940) – Head of thermodynamics and physics at Lviv State University of Life Safety. Mother Stephanie Vasilievna (1948) – Economist of "NTON". Wife Orisya Volodymyrivna (1974) – the doctor. He has a son and a daughter.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  2. ↑ (Ukrainian) Cabinet appointed Deputy Minister of Environment Vronsky acting Minister, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 February 2016)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
    (Ukrainian) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)
  4. ↑ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  5. ↑ (Ukrainian) Full electoral list of "Fatherland", TVi (15 September 2014)
  6. ↑ (Ukrainian) Electoral list of People's Front, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2014)
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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