Alexandra Kuzhel

Alexandra Kuzhel: Biography

Date of Birth: 04.07.1953

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region. In 1975, she graduated from the Dnipro State Technical University as a Metallurgical Engineer. In 1983, she graduated from the Zaporizhia Industrial Institute as an Economic Engineer. Doctor of Economic Sciences.

Career. She worked as an engineer and research assistant at the Department of Industrial Economics of the Zaporizhia Industrial Institute.

1990-1993 - Chief Accountant of the Eastern Joint Stock Center.

1993-1994 - Chairwoman of the Board, General Director of a Ukrainian-Canadian joint venture called Independence.

In 1994, she was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament from one of the electoral districts of Zaporizhia. She was the Deputy Chairperson of the Parliament's Committee on Economic Policy and Management of the National Economy.

In April 1998, she was appointed by the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma as the Chairwoman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Entrepreneurship Development.

From January 2000 to April 2003 - Chairwoman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship.

2003-2004 - Advisor to the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Sergey Tigipko. She held the position of Deputy Chair of the political union of the Labor Ukraine party, whose chairman was the head of the National Bank. Since 2010, she has been the Deputy Chair of the Strong Ukraine party (Chairman - Tigipko).

Since 2005 - Chairwoman of the Board of the public organization Analytical Center 'Academy'.

From March to December 2007 - Deputy Minister for Regional Development and Construction of Ukraine Vladimir Yatsyba.

Since 2008 - President of the Analytical Center 'Academy'. Advisor to the Minister for Regional Development and Construction of Ukraine Vasily Kuibida. Vice President of the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. She engaged in active expert, research, and public work. She coordinated the work of the Public Control Committee, which includes more than 50 public associations of entrepreneurs in Ukraine.

From January 2009 to March 2010 - Chairwoman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship. She was dismissed by President Viktor Yanukovych. She was replaced in this position by her longtime critic and opponent Mikhail Brodsky.

Until October 2011, she was the Deputy Chair of the Strong Ukraine party under Sergei Tigipko. After the announcement from the leader about wanting to merge with the Party of Regions, she resigned and announced plans to create her own public-political project.

From December 2012 to November 2014 - Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VII Congress of the Fatherland Party (No. 22 on the list). Chairwoman of the Committee for Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Competition Policy. Member of the proportional commission of the Verkhovna Rada. Non-partisan.

In the autumn of 2014, she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the snap elections from the list of VO Batkivshchyna (No. 16). Deputy Chair of the Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship.

She participated in the early parliamentary elections of 2019 from the Batkivshchyna party; however, her place on the list (No. 37) was non-winnable.

In the elections on October 25, 2020, Olexandra Kuzhel was elected to the City Council IX Congress from the Fatherland party.

Awards. Honored Economist of Ukraine. Awarded with the State Order of Princess Olga III class (1999), a number of orders from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Family. The politician is married (her husband is a doctor) and has two sons and three granddaughters.

Connections. Kuzhel says she has many friends, regardless of their political beliefs: 'There are Vera Ulyanchenko, Petro Poroshenko, Alexander Zinchenko, Alexander Shlapak, Elena Kuchma, Lyudmila Suprun, Yuri Miroshnichenko, Sergey Tigipko, Dmitry Vydrin, Ksenia Lyapina. I always fear forgetting someone...'

Hobbies. Favorite activity - spending time with friends, writing her own songs. She likes to collect jewelry, bags, and shoes. She often attends fashion shows and other events.

01.07.2022.