The ruthless Vitali

Date of birth: 26.04.1968

Place of birth. Education. Born in Kharkiv. In 1994 he graduated from the G. Skovoroda Kharkiv Pedagogical Institute, in 2001 from the Yaroslav the Wise National Law Academy (specialization - lawyer).

Career. 1995-1997 - Director of Foreign Economic Activity of AO Automobili Russia.

1997 - President of the Sloboda Association.

1997-2001 - Chairman of the Board of OAO Strojgidroprivod.

2001-2002 - Advisor of OAO Strojgidroprivod.

2002-2003 - Director of OOO IWC Maschgidroprivod.

2003-2004 - Chairman of the Board of ZAO KZTO.

Since 2004 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ZAO KZTO.

2004 - Director of OOO Strojgidroprivod.

2003-2005 - General Director of the Corporation UkrInnMash.

2005-2006 - President of the Corporation UkrInnMash.

2006-2007 - First Deputy General Director, Acting General Director, General Director of the State Enterprise Malyshev Plant (Kharkiv).

From December 2007 to March 2010 - First Deputy Minister, from March 2010 to October 2011 - Deputy Minister of Industrial Policy of Ukraine.

Since 2012 - Honorary Chairman of the Corporation UkrInnMash.

Since December 2016 - Chairman of the Committee of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine for Industrial Development, State Procurement, and Cooperation with the State Economic Sector.

Since December 2018 - Deputy Chairman of the Joint Representation Body of the Employers' Side at the National Level.

From August 10, 2020, to January 21, 2021 - Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries.

Political activities. 2002-2006 - Deputy of the Komsomol District Council of Kharkiv.

From December 2012 to November 2014 - Deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament of the VII Convocation from the Opposition Party Batkivshchyna (No. 62 on the electoral list). Secretary of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Industrial and Investment Policy.

In April 2013, he announced that he would leave the Batkivshchyna faction. According to the deputy himself - due to the non-constructive policy of the faction leadership, in the opinion of some observers - at the suggestion of the Party of Regions.

Non-partisan.

26.04.2022.