Oleksandr Vіtaliyovych Shlapak (; born 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, bureaucrat, and former Minister of Finance of Ukraine.

Biography

He was born to Vitaliy Fedorovich (1935–1995) and Katerina Grigorіvna (born 1935), now retired in

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. After completing higher education, he enrolled 1977 in engineering at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute and graduated as system engineer in 1982 with a degree in "automatic control systems". From 1982–1984 he worked as a software engineer at Lviv Polytechnic Institute. In 2009, he graduated from

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with a master's degree in "International Economics" and a

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degree in economic sciences.Biography
dovidka.com.ua From 1984 to 1990 he was secretary of the

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Committee of Lviv Polytechnic Institute, head of the department of the Lviv regional committee of Komsomol organization LKSMU, and head of the central committee of the students and youth LKSMU. From 1990–1993 he was chairman of the regional council of the Democratic Youth Union of Lviv. In 1993–1998 he worked for

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as director of the Lviv branch, then a "director of Western management" and finally deputy chairman of the Board. From 1998–2000 he was head economic adviser to the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. From February 2000 to July 2001 he was Deputy Minister and for 50 days from 10 July until 30 August 2001 Minister of Economy of Ukraine. In addition he became Minister of Economy and European Integration of Ukraine at that time until 30 November 2002, Member of the

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until December 2002). By January 2003 he became Deputy Chairman of the National Bank, before becoming Chairman of the State Treasury of Ukraine on 12 October 2005. He was there less than a year until 10 August 2006. In November 2006 he became head of service of socio-economic development in the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine for 4 months, until March 2007. The following 3 years he was First Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine, Vice President in the

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until February 2010. In 2010 he accepted a position in the private sector as Vice President of "IMG International Holding Company" before returning to politics in the First Yatsenyuk Government as Minister of Finance of Ukraine on 27 February 2014. On 2 December 2014

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succeeded Shlapak as Minister of Finance. Shlapak was

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from 18 December 2016 until 21 July 2017.

Voluntary activities

Since 2005 he has headed the NGO "Association "Ukraine – Vietnam". He continues to hold positions as Co-president of Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and as Vice President of the Association of taxpayers.

Awards

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise () is a Ukrainian award. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, develop ...

V degree (1 January 2010) — for outstanding contribution to nation building and socio-economic development of the Ukrainian state *

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III degree (19 March 2004) — for significant personal contributions to the state of monetary policy, the development of banking and professionalism * Honored Economist of Ukraine (7 February 2008) — for his significant personal contribution to the integration of Ukraine into the

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that g ...

Указ Президента України № 108/2008 від 7 лютого 2008 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»
zakon.rada.gov.ua * the State prize — Friendship Order of the

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in 2011.

Private life

He is married to Oksana Markovna (born 1960) and has 2 daughters, named Galina (born 1980) and Katerina (born 1983).

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shlapak, Oleksandr 1960 births Living people Politicians from Irkutsk Russian emigrants to Ukraine Lviv Polytechnic alumni Independent politicians in Ukraine Economy and European integration ministers of Ukraine Recipients of the Friendship Order Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class 20th-century Ukrainian economists Finance ministers of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian economists Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade alumni