Anatoliy Kinakh
Date of Birth: 04.08.1954
Place of Birth. Education. Born in the village of Bratushani, Moldavian SSR. In 1978 he graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute.
Career. From 1978 to 1981, he worked as a document master and foreman at a shipbuilding plant in Tallinn. From 1981 - at the shipbuilding plant 'Okean' in Nikolaev. He rose from master to head of production planning. He was a communist, propagandist, and deputy chairman of the plant party committee.
In the 1990 elections, Kinakh, nominated by the plant's collective, was first elected as a deputy of the Ukrainian people. In 1992, he resigned his mandate as he agreed to take the position of presidential representative and head of the Nikolaev regional state administration. In 1996, he became chairman of the Ukrainian Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which united many leaders of large and medium-sized enterprises of various ownership forms.
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In 1998, Kinakh was again elected to parliament. He joined the faction of the ruling party - the NDP - and worked on the committee for economic policy, management of the national economy, property, and investments. In 2000, he was elected chairman of the moderate pro-state party of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Ukraine. According to some observers, the PPPU was fundamentally unprepared to be in opposition, as this would have deprived them of the opportunity to lobby for the interests of their representatives.
Kinakh's biography is rich in high government positions. From July 1995 to September 1996, he was the deputy prime minister of Ukraine for industrial policy. For several months in 1999, he was 'only' deputy prime minister. In 2001-2002, he was the prime minister of Ukraine. In the 2002 parliamentary elections, Kinakh was again elected as a deputy - on the list of the pro-state electoral bloc For United Ukraine!. He refused to resign his deputy mandate and remained in office as Prime Minister.
Aspirations. In 2004, Kinakh ran for the presidency of Ukraine. In the first round, he received only 0.93% of the votes. In the second round (obviously anticipating the outcome of the political battle), he supported the opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko. This 'stroke' played a crucial role in him being offered the position of first deputy prime minister in the first 'orange' government. During his work with Yulia Tymoshenko, their relationship was by no means warm. After the resignation of Lady Yu's government, he did not orient himself towards the leader of BYuT, but rather towards the presidential office, which served Anatoly Kirillovich well: in September 2005, Yushchenko appointed him as secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
In March 2006, Kinakh and several of his party colleagues were elected as deputies to the Ukrainian parliament, belonging to the list of the Our Ukraine bloc (the party leader of the PPPU - ranked 2nd among the 'faces of the bloc'). Shortly after the elections, Kinakh resigned as NSDC secretary and preferred to take the deputy mandate. He became the chairman of the parliamentary committee for national security and defense. In the winter of 2007, Kinakh showed little concealed annoyance at the 'non-constructive' plans and working methods of the parliamentary opposition. The offer of the Anti-Crisis Coalition to become active in the government apparently met with very prepared ground. And after the dissolution of parliament by the president of the 5th Congress, Kinakh did not refuse participation in the early parliamentary elections and joined the ranks of the Party of Regions (position 53). At the same time, he resigned as chairman of the PPPU and suspended his party membership. In the parliament of the 6th Congress, he held the position of deputy faction leader of the Regions.
On March 21, 2007, the parliamentary majority approved Kinakh as Minister of Economy on the proposal of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who had been in the 'orange' camp since 2004. On the same day, his faction expelled him from their faction. In internet forums and comments on articles in online publications, Kinakh was immediately referred to as Moroz-2 and Judas. It is unlikely that the leader of the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (PPPU), who entered the Our Ukraine bloc when he considered joining Yanukovych's government, did not understand that he would automatically provoke the dislike of thousands of 'orange' voters. However, the arguments for switching to Yanukovych's government were stronger. Presumably, this is logical: both Kinakh himself and the party he led are long accustomed to participating in power. The opposition section in their biography is generally not large.
From December 2012 to November 2014, he was a deputy in the Ukrainian parliament of the 7th Congress of the Party of Regions (No. 59 on the list). First deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense.
On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'dictatorship laws' - a package of undemocratic laws that significantly restricted citizens' rights and freedom of speech.
On February 24, 2014, the former regional factions in the Verkhovna Rada established a parliamentary group for economic development, led by Anatoliy Kinakh. The parliamentary group included 41 people. At the head of the parliamentary association were two deputy chairpersons - Anatoliy Kinakh and Vitaliy Khomutynnik, as well as three deputy chairpersons - Vitaliy Zhuravsky, Mykhailo Myronenko and Volodymyr Pylypenko.
Previously, 76 deputies of the Party of Regions declared their departure from the faction during or after the tragic events from February 18 to 20.
In the early parliamentary elections of 2014, he ran as an independent candidate in the majority constituency in Nikolaev.
Views. At different times, Kinakh stated in interviews with various publications that he supports the proportional electoral system and the political structuring of society, Ukraine's accession to the WTO and the EU, equal relations with Russia, tax law reform, drastic improvement of the investment climate, strengthening of property and investor rights protection, and reform of the armed forces. As mentioned on Kinakh's personal website, the Ukrainian Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (UVIP), led by him, 'unconditionally supported the initiative to create a founding partnership, especially with regard to market expansion with Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other countries of the post-Soviet space.'
Family. Kinakh is married for the second time. His wife, Marina Vladimirovna, is a journalist by profession, head of the press service of the PPPU, and honorary president of the public organization 'Culture and Universe - 2000'. Kinakh has three daughters (the two eldest - from his wife's previous marriage). The eldest daughter Natalia Kovalko (Chausova) (1980 born) - lawyer, doctoral student in law. The middle daughter Zoya Kinakh-Kuzmenko (Chausova) (1984 born) - linguist, studies languages. The youngest daughter Sofiyka (2000 born) - student. Two granddaughters Masha and Zhenya and grandson Mikhail (2012 born) and Veniamin.
Hobbies. He loves classical music, the music of The Beatles and Pink Floyd, and the songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. He reads science fiction - 'not mainstream, but the one that touches on the secrets of the universe'. In his youth, he practiced boxing and karate.
04.08.2022