Maksym Anatoliyovych Polyakov (; born April 23, 1982) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and public figure. Polyakov served on

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as Deputy Mayor for Economic Activities from 2011 to 2012. He is the head of the Uman Center Political Party's section ''Front for Change''. He also heads the ''Bridge'' youth organization and ''Green world''. He is the co-founder of the ''Uman International Economic Forum''. Since March 12, 2014 - Member of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Financial Services. Polyakov is suspected of receiving a $7,500 bribe through dealing with illegal

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and since August 2017 has been imprisoned awaiting trial.

Early life

Maksym Anatoliyovych Polyakov was born in

(then part of the

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). After leaving school, Polyakov enrolled as an economics student in the Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavlo Tychyna. He graduated from the university in 2004, and later continued his postgraduate studies.

Career

After working for several private companies from 2006 to 2010, including Impexagro and KwadroAutoGroup, he taught economics at the Uman affiliate of the

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and at the Uman State Pedagogical University. He became head of the Uman Center Public Organisation '' Front for Change'' and its sister political party in 2009 and 2010 respectively. On 15 June 2013 his Front for Change (party) merged into "Fatherland". He also helmed a study on the ''Scientific and methodological principles of socio-economic development of the Cherkasy region''. In the October

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Polyakov was elected into parliament placed 39th on the electoral list of People's Front. Polyakov is suspected of receiving a $7,500 bribe through dealing with illegal

. His parliamentary immunity was lifted by the

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on 11 July 2017. Polyakov has been imprisoned since August 2017 awaiting trial.

References

External links

Official website, ''Front for change''Official Facebook pageOfficial page of ''Front for change'' on Facebook
*Media:

''National Commission for the State Regulation of Financial Services''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Polyakov, Maksym 1982 births Living people Front for Change (Ukraine) politicians Batkivshchyna politicians Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada People's Front (Ukraine) politicians