Stepan Ivanovych Kubiv (Ukrainian: Степан Іванович Кубів; born 19 March 1962) is a Ukrainian politician who was a former First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine from April 2016 to August 2019.[1] He is also a former acting chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.[2][3]

Stepan Kubiv
Степан Кубів
Kubiv in 2015
First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
14 April 2016 – 29 August 2019
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Preceded byVitaly Yarema
Succeeded byOleksiy Liubchenko
9th Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
In office
24 February 2014 – 19 June 2014
Preceded byIhor Sorkin
Succeeded byValeriia Hontareva
Personal details
Born (1962-03-19) 19 March 1962 (age 62)
Mshanets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyPetro Poroshenko Bloc
Alma mater

Education edit

1984 – graduated from Lviv State University named after Ivan Franko, faculty of mathematics

2002 – graduated from National University "Lviv Polytechnic", specialty Finance

2006 – defended his thesis, Ph.D. in Economics

2007 – Associate Professor, Marketing and Logistics Department, National University "Lviv Polytechnic", aftermath – academician[4]

Career edit

Prior to convocation edit

1983-1988 Researcher, Ivan Franko University in Lviv,

1988-1991 Youth worker, municipality of Lviv, director

1991-1994 Student union of Lviv, director

1994-2000 Western Ukrainian Commercial Bank, Chairman from 1997.

2000-2008 JSC Kredobank, Chairman

2008 to present, Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics "Lviv Polytechnic".

From 2010 to 2012 Bank Supervisory Board.

Post convocation edit

From 12 December 2012 parliament VII of Ukraine.[5]

2013-2014 commander in the House of Trade Unions in Kyiv, during the mass anti-government protests in Ukraine.

24 February 2014, Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.[6]

28 February 2014, Member of the National Security Council.[7]

4 March 2014, Personal written statement of resignation - the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine stopped prematurely powers of MPs in connection with a personal request of deputies' powers.[8]

On 19 June 2014 Kubiv was replaced as Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine by Valeriia Hontareva. He is reportedly tapped to be the next Chairman of Lviv Regional State Administration.[3]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 59th on the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[9][10]

April 2016 - August 2019 - Kubiv was the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.[1]

In the parliamentary elections of 2019, Kubiv was elected as MP from the European Solidarity Party, No. 12 on the party list. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Economic Development. Member of the Ukrainian part of the interparliamentary assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Parliament of Georgia, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.[11]

Awards edit

Order "For merits" of III class.[4]

Income edit

For 2019, he declared a salary of ₴646,216 and a 2012 Audi Q5 car.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  2. ^ "Ukraine's parliament appoints new central bank chief". Reuters. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Ukraine crisis: EU deal to be signed on 27 June". BBC News Online. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - Персона". www.kmu.gov.ua. Government of Ukraine, official web-site. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. ^ "People's Deputies of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Appointment of Kubiv SI as Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine". Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Про склад Ради національної безпеки і оборони України" [The composition of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine]. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата України Кубіва С.І." [Premature termination of deputy Stepan Ivanovich Kubiv]. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  9. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Poroshenko Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
  11. ^ "Кубив Степан Иванович" [Kubiv Stepan]. LB.ua - the Levyy Bereg weekly (in Ukrainian). the Levyy Bereg weekly. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  12. ^ "Declarations: Kubiv Stepan Ivanovych from the NACP". declarations.com.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-17.

External links edit

Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
2014
Succeeded by