Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova ( uk, Оксана Сергіївна Маркарова; born 28 October 1976) is a

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politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States since February 2021. Markarova is also a former

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in the government of

Volodymyr Groysman Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Borysovych Hroisman ( uk, Володи́мир Бори́сович Гро́йсман; born 20 January 1978), is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukrai ...

and

Oleksiy Honcharuk Oleksiy Valeriyovych Honcharuk ( uk, Олексі́й Вале́рійович Гончару́к, ; born 7 July 1984) is a Ukrainian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020 following a landsl ...

. She was acting

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since 8 June 2018Oksana Markarova appointed Ukraine's acting finance minister
,

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(8 June 2018) after Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 following a conflict with Groysman.Ukrainian lawmakers OK creating anti-corruption court
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'' (7 June 2018)Ukraine finance minister claims he was told to back corruption or quit
, ''

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Early life and education

In 1999 Markarova received a master's degree in Ecology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2001, she completed a

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in Public Finance and Trade at

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Career

Until transferring to the civil service in 2015, Markarova worked in the private sector. During that period she worked with

Natalie Jaresko Natalie Ann Jaresko ( uk, Наталія Енн Яресько; born 24 April 1965) also known as Natalia Ivanivna Yaresko ( uk, Наталія Іванівна Яресько) is an American-born former U.S. State Department official and Ukrain ...

at an

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. Since March 2015 Markarova was a Deputy

under successive ministers

and Oleksandr Danylyuk. In April 2016, she was appointed First Deputy Minister of Finance. At the initiative of Oksana Markarova, in 2015 the largest open data portal in the public finance sector E-data (e-data.gov.ua) was created, which now consists of modules spending.gov.ua, openbudget.gov.ua and proifi.gov.ua. In 2018, Oksana Markarova received the Open Data Leader Award for the highest personal merit in the development of open data. In addition to her duties as First Deputy Minister of Finance, she was also appointed as the Commissioner for Investment on 8 August 2016, a position she held until her dismissal from the role on 10 January 2019. During that time, she managed the creation and operation of the UkraineInvest Investment Attraction and Support Office and initiated the creation of the Ukrainian Startup Fund. After Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 following a conflict with Prime Minister

Markarova was appointed acting Minister of Finance on 8 June 2018. On 22 November 2018 the

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appointed her as

.Ukraine parliament appoints Markarova, Friz ministers
,

(22 November 2018) The beginning of the

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on 4 March 2020 was the end of her tenure as Minister of Finance. On 16 December 2020, Oksana Markarova received the

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. After her dismissal Markarova returned to the private sector and her work on the supervisory board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. On 25 February 2021

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Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

appointed Markarova Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. Immediately after her appointment, Markarova said that her main priorities for the new position were expanding "cooperation with the Joseph Biden administration and political dialogue based on their broad bipartisan support" and "maximum assistance to the development of Ukrainian companies in the United States and attracting American companies to Ukraine".

Other activities

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(EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)

Personal life

Markarova is married to banker and businessman Danylo Volynets. The family has four children.

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