Oleh Semenovych Urusky (, ; born 13 April 1963) is a Ukrainian politician. From 16 July 2020 to 3 November 2021 he was

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in the

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, and also Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, the inaugural holder of the post.Urusky appointed Ukraine's deputy PM, minister for strategic industrial sectors

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(16 July 2020) In 2015, he was

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of the

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. He is a Director of the

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company ''Prohrestekh-Ukraine.''

Personal life

He was born in

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. In 1965, he graduated from the Kyiv Military Aviation Engineering Academy and was recognized as a

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. In 1996-2000 he headed the management of the

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. In 2003-2005 Urusky headed the department in the

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