Andrey Ermolaev

Date of Birth: 06.05.1969

Andrey Vasilyevich Ermolaev

- Ukrainian political scientist. From 2000 to 2010, he was the President of the 'Sofia' Social Research Center, and from 2010 to 2014, he was the Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

Place of Birth. Education. Born in the city of Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region. In 1992, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Qualification - Lecturer in Social Sciences).

Career. From 1986 to 1987, he worked as a telecommunications installer in Genichesk, Kherson Oblast. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Senior Advisor of the Information and Analytical Office of the Administration of the President of Ukraine (Leonid Kuchma). From 1996 to 1997, he was the Executive Director and Head of the Information and Analytical Office of the All-Ukrainian Charity Fund 'Our Future'. From 1997 to 1999, he was an expert in the office of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Assistant to Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoytenko. Since 2000, he has been a member of the People's Democratic Party, and since 2002, he has been the Deputy Chairman of the People's Democratic Party Pustovoytenko for ideological work. In 2002, he ran for the Ukrainian Parliament on the list No. 157 of the 'For a United Ukraine!' bloc, which was loyal to President Kuchma.

Since 2000, he has been the President of the 'Sofia' Social Research Center (Kyiv). The center was founded in 1999 and specializes in researching and developing development strategies, politically-economic analysis of the activities of corporate and state structures, and the development and implementation of political and social technologies.

In March 2010, he was appointed Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies by a decree of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. On January 25, 2014, he was dismissed from this position by a decree of the President.

From February 2014 to September 2019, Ermolaev led the Institute for Strategic Studies 'New Ukraine'. The institute was founded with the support of the former head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Sergey Liovochkin.

He is a co-founder of the expert seminar 'Ukrainian Club'.

Since October 2019, he has been leading the company Strategic Group Sofia.

Family. Ermolaev is married, and he has a son and a daughter.

29.12.2023.