Taras Kutovy
Taras Kutovy | |
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Тарас Кутовий | |
 Kutovy in 2015 | |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine | |
| In office 14 April 2016[1] – 22 November 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Oleksiy Pavlenko |
| Succeeded by | Maxim Martynyuk (acting)[2] |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 12 December 2012 – 2 December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ruslan Bogdan |
| Constituency | Poltava Oblast, No. 151 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1976 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 21 October 2019 (aged 43) Poltava Oblast, Ukraine |
| Political party | Petro Poroshenko Bloc |
| Other political affiliations | Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform |
| Alma mater |
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| Occupation | Economist, statesman |
Taras Viktorovych Kutovy (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Кутовий; 25 February 1976 – 21 October 2019) was a Ukrainian economist and politician who served as Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food from 2016 to 2018. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2012 to 2014, representing Ukraine's 151st electoral district in northern Poltava Oblast.
Biography
[edit]Kutovy was first elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, as the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform candidate in Ukraine's 151st electoral district.[3] He was re-elected in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, this time as part of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[4]
On 14 April 2016, he was appointed minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine in the Groysman government.[5] On 23 May 2017, he announced that he wanted to resign from this position and asked lawmakers to support his decision.[5][6] On 22 November 2018, the parliament approved his resignation.[2] Kutovy died in a helicopter crash in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast on 21 October 2019 at the age of 43.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Rada approved the new Groysman Government (full list, photo) (Рада затвердила новий Кабмін Гройсмана (повний список, фото)). Ukrainian News. 14 April 2016
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Assign new to. at. Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukrayinska Pravda (7 December 2018)
- ^ Taras Kutovy at Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ Taras Kutovy at Verkhovna Rada website
- ^ a b "Agrarian Policy Minister of Ukraine Kutoviy resigns". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Ukraine's agriculture minister resigns, waits for parliament's green light". www.unian.info. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "В авіакатастрофі під Полтавою загинув екс-міністр Тарас Кутовий". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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