Ihor Rostyslavovych Petrashko (; born 6 October 1975) is a US educated economist who served as Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine from 17 March 2020, until 18 May 2021.

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Born 6 October 1975, in

Stryi Stryi (, ; ) is a city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the left bank of the Stryi (river), Stryi River, approximately south of Lviv in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. It serves as the administrative center of Stryi R ...

, Petrashko studied at the

Lviv Polytechnic Lviv Polytechnic National University () is a public university in Lviv, Ukraine, founded in 1816. According to the Times Higher Education, as of 2024, it ranks first as a technical institution of higher education and second among all instit ...

. In 2001, he received an

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from the

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...

(Nashville, TN, United States). Petrashko worked in leading US and International companies such as Globalspec (a leading engineering company based in Albany, NY), Intelsat (an International Satellite Communication company based in Washington, DC) Petrashko worked as a Partner and Head of Transaction Advisory Services at

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. and Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Division at Troika Dialog Investment company. From Dec 2012 to April 2013 Petrashko briefly headed a corporate business department of

Sberbank The Public JSC Sberbank (, initially a contraction of ) is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow. As the Russian successor entity of the State Labor Savings Banks System of the USSR, it was ...

in Kyiv, Ukraine (after Troika Dialog has been acquired by Sberbank). Since April 2013, Petrashko has been working in the private sector for several companies and in roles with responsibilities in corporate finance, strategic advisory and special situations consulting. On 17 March 2020, Petrashko was appointed as the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. On 17 December 2020, this ministry lost its responsibility for Ukraine's

agricultural policy Agricultural policy describes a set of laws relating to domestic agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products. Governments usually implement agricultural policies with the goal of achieving a specific outcome in the domestic agricultu ...

due to creation of separate Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food. On 14 May 2021, Petrashko offered his resignation as Minister. On 18 May 2021, the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capi ...

dismissed him as Minister.Lawmakers back Economy Ministry's resignation

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(18 May 2021) Since his resignation, Petrashko has been working in the USA in consulting and energy sector specializing on Project Finance, capital raising and Special Situation Advisory.

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