Yuriy Kolobov

Yuriy Kolobov
Юрій Колобов
Minister of Finance of Ukraine
In office
February 28, 2012[1]  February 27, 2014
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
Preceded by Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
Succeeded by Oleksandr Shlapak
Personal details
Born (1973-04-08) April 8, 1973
Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
Spouse(s) Married[2]
Children A daughter and a son[2]

Yuriy Kolobov (Ukrainian: Юрій Володимирович Колобов (born 8 April 1973 in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast,[2] Ukraine (at that time part of the Soviet Union) is a former Minister of Finance of Ukraine.[2]

Biography

Kolobov graduated from Dnipro State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the University of Kharkiv.[2]

He has worked as a director of treasury for the State Savings Bank of Ukraine (OshchadBank) until June 2008.[2] From June to December 2008 Kolobov was chairman of the board for the BTA Bank.[2] He also worked as a counselor on banking issues for the Finance Company Kibrit. In 2010 Kolobov was a leading executive for the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (UkrExImBank).[2]

From December 29, 2010 he was appointed the first deputy of the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.[2][3]

On February 28, 2012 (by decree of President Viktor Yanukovych) he was appointed Minister of Finance.[2]

On 25 September 2014 Ukraine opened a criminal probe into Kolobov; he is accused of illegally transferring a $450,000 fee to Russia’s state-run VTB Capital as a kickback for the 17 December 2013 Ukrainian–Russian action plan.[4] Five days later a criminal probe into Kolobov was opened for embezzling Ukrtelekom.[5]

Since 3 July 2014 Kolobov is in the international wanted list for abuse of power.[6][7][8]

Russian prosecutors refuse to extradite Kolobov to Ukraine and (according to Ukraine falsely) state that they have not received such a request from Ukraine.[8]

According to the interior ministry of Ukraine, Kolobov was arrested on 4. March 2015 in a flat located in the luxury development "Altea Hills"[9] near the Spanish town of Valencia.[10]

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