Ostap Semerak
| Ostap Semerak | |
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Ostap Semerak | |
| Minister of Ecology | |
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Assumed office 14 April 2016[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Anna Vronsky (acting)[2] |
| Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine | |
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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 |
27 June 1972 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | People's Front |
| Alma mater |
Lviv University National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy |
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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 2 3 New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Cabinet appointed Deputy Minister of Environment Vronsky acting Minister, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 February 2016)
- 1 2 3 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) - ↑ 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) - ↑ (Ukrainian) Full electoral list of "Fatherland", TVi (15 September 2014)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Electoral list of People's Front, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2014)
- ↑ "Committee on issues of European integration". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 10 December 2014.