Ihor Yeremiyev

Biography Text

Birth Date: 03.04.1968

Place of Birth. Education. He was born in the village of Ostojec in the Mlyniv district of the Rivne region. In 1992, he graduated from the Rivne State Technical University (formerly the Ukrainian Institute of Hydraulic Engineers) with a specialization in industrial and civil engineering.

Career. From 1986 to 1988, he served in the Armed Forces. In 1989, he worked as a laboratory technician at the Ukrainian Institute of Hydraulic Engineers.

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1992-1995 - director of PRP Kontinent (village Ostojec in Volyn). 1995-2002 - general director of TOV Kontinent (Lutsk).

2002-2006 - People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (from the electoral district No. 23 of the Volyn region). Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the fuel and energy complex, nuclear policy, and nuclear security. Member of the One Ukraine faction, later - Agrarians of Ukraine, Agrarian Party of Ukraine, People's Party of Ukraine, People's Party.

Since 2005 - first deputy chairman of the People's Party (Volodymyr Lytvyn's).

Since December 2012 - People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VII convocation (self-nominated in electoral district No. 23, Volyn region). Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on tax and customs affairs. Non-partisan, non-factional.

On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'dictatorship laws' - a package of anti-democratic laws that significantly limited citizens' rights and freedom of speech.

In the autumn of 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in extraordinary elections as a self-nominee from district No. 23 in the Volyn region. He was not part of any faction. He led the People's Freedom parliamentary group.

Business and Assets. Co-founder of the Kontinent group of companies (assets include one of the largest gas station networks in Ukraine - WOG, and the Cherkasy oil refining plant). In the spring of 2011, Fokus magazine estimated the entrepreneur's wealth at $379 million.

Family. He was married and has a son and a daughter.

Hobby. Yeremiyev liked horseback riding. He painted the logo for the gas station network - 'Mustang' himself. He was interested in photography, published photos in National Geographic magazine, and organized his own photography exhibitions.

Death. On July 26, 2015, Yeremiyev suffered a skull-brain injury during a horseback ride and was taken to the intensive care unit of the Lutsk hospital. On July 28, the deputy was transported for treatment to one of the European clinics; however, never regaining consciousness, he died on August 12, 2015.

27.11.2015