Juri Iwantschenko
Biography of Juri Wladimirowitsch Iwantschenko
Date of Birth: 21.02.1959
Juri Wladimirowitsch Iwantschenko is a Ukrainian businessman. Member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the VI and VII convocation. Member of the Party of Regions.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast. From 2003 to 2007, he studied at the Berdyansk University of Economics and Management (specialization - 'Accounting and Audit', degree - Bachelor).
Career. 1978-1980 - Service in the Soviet Army.
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From 1981 to 1996, he worked at the Yenakiieve Coke Chemical Plant as a workshop master, senior master, deputy plant manager, deputy chief power engineer, and deputy economic director.
1996-2005 - Economic Director at Alwi-Invest, President of the company.
From 2005 to September 2007 - President of the company 'UGK-2000'.
2007-2012 - Member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the VI convocation of the Party of Regions (No. 111 on the electoral list). Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Issues of Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy, and Nuclear Safety. Non-partisan.
From December 2012 to November 2014 - Member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the VII convocation of the Party of Regions (No. 24 on the list). Member of the Committee on Issues of Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy, and Nuclear Safety. Member of the Party of Regions.
On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'dictatorship laws' - a package of anti-democratic laws that significantly restricted citizens' rights and curtailed freedom of speech.
According to information from some media, Juri Iwantschenko is a criminal and has the nickname 'Jura Yenakiieve'. In July 2013, he was awarded the title of 'Honorary Citizen of Yenakiieve' for 'a significant contribution to the spiritual and literary development of Yenakiieve, active social activity'.
Wealth. Experts from Focus magazine estimated the deputy's wealth at $102.3 million, which placed him 108th in the top 200 richest people in Ukraine. In February 2014, photos of one of the largest residences in Koncha-Zaspa covering an area of 8,000 m2 on a 35-hectare lot were published, which Juri Iwantschenko had built. In 2011, Juri Iwantschenko ranked third in the list of the TOP-100 most influential people in Ukraine by Korrespondent magazine. At that time, only one person was more influential than he was - President Viktor Yanukovych.
Criminal prosecution. At the end of January 2015, Iwantschenko was put on the wanted list by the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Prosecutor General's Office suspected him of organizing the embezzlement of foreign property and illegal enrichment on a particularly large scale according to the articles of the Ukrainian Criminal Code: Paragraph 3 Art. 27 (Types of accomplices), Paragraph 5 Art. 191 of the Criminal Code (Appropriation, embezzlement of property on a particularly large scale), Paragraph 3 Art. 368 (Acceptance of an offer, promise, or receipt of unjustified benefits by officials).
From the perspective of law enforcement, he disappeared on December 15, 2014. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov stated that Iwantschenko had organized and financed 'titushki', who in February 2014 kidnapped, beat, and killed activists of Euromaidan.
In January, a Ukrainian court imposed a seizure of Iwantschenko's funds amounting to more than 72 million Swiss francs, which were on his accounts in Swiss banks. The Prosecutor General's Office seized his accounts in Ukrainian banks and his vehicle fleet, and requests for international legal assistance were sent to Latvia, Monaco, and Switzerland for the seizure of funds abroad.
On February 28, 2017, it became known that the Supreme Court of Ukraine had terminated all criminal proceedings against Juri Iwantschenko.
Family. Wife - Irina Wladimirowna Iwantschenko (1962). Daughter - Daiana (1982). Son - Arsenij (1991).
22.12.2023.