Oksana Markarova

Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova (Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Маркарова; born 28 October 1976[1] in Rivne) is a Ukrainian politician and a former Minister of Finance in the government of Volodymyr Groysman and Oleksiy Honcharuk.[2] She was acting Finance Minister since 8 June 2018[3] acting after Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Groysman.[4]

Oksana Markarova
Оксана Маркарова
Minister of Finance
In office
7 June 2018 – 4 March 2020
Acting until 22 November 2018
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Oleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byOleksandr Danylyuk
Succeeded byIhor Umansky
Personal details
Born (1976-10-28) 28 October 1976
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Early life and education

In 1999 Markarova received a master's degree in Ecology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[1] In 2001 she got a master's degree in Public Finance and Trade at Indiana University.[1]

Career

Until transferring to the civil service in 2015, Markarova worked in the private sector.[1] Starting March 2015 Markarova was Deputy Minister of Finance under successive ministers Natalie Jaresko and Oleksandr Danylyuk.[1] Having in prior years worked with Jaresko at a US-backed investment fund in Kiev, Markarova joined her as a deputy minister in 2015 to help usher the country through an IMF programme and restructure foreign debt after Russia occupied Crimea.[5]

After Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman[4][6] Markarova was appointed acting Minister of Finance on 8 June 2018.[3] On 22 November 2018 the Ukrainian parliament appointed her as Minister of Finance.[2] The start of the Shmyhal Government on 4 March 2020 was the end of her tenure as Minister of Finance.[7] After her dismissal Markarova returned to the private sector and her work on the supervisory board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[8]

Other activities

Personal life

Markarova is married to banker and businessman Danylo Volynets. The family has four children (two daughters of a husband from the first marriage and two common ones).[10]

See also

References
  1. Instead of Danyliuk: Who is this in at. the head of the Finance Ministry Oksana Markarova, 112 Ukraine (8 June 2018)
  2. Ukraine parliament appoints Markarova, Friz ministers, UNIAN (22 November 2018)
  3. Oksana Markarova appointed Ukraine's acting finance minister, UNIAN (8 June 2018)
  4. Ukrainian lawmakers OK creating anti-corruption court, Business Insider (7 June 2018)
    Ukraine finance minister claims he was told to back corruption or quit, The Times (South Africa) (7 June 2018)
  5. Roman Olearchyk (June 10, 2018), IMF-backed reforms in hand says new Ukraine finance minister Financial Times.
  6. Roman Olearchyk (June 6, 2018), Ukraine’s PM asks parliament to sack his finance minister Financial Times.
  7. "Ukrainian lawmakers vote to appoint Ihor Umansky as new finance minister". Reuters. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  8. (in Ukrainian) Former Finance Minister Markarova returns to business and registers a startup, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2019)
  9. Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  10. Оксана Маркарова: краткая биография и профессиональная деятельность
Political offices
Preceded by
Oleksandr Danylyuk		 Minister of Finance
2018–2020		 Succeeded by
Ihor Umansky
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