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Grigorij Surkis

Date of birth: 04.09.1949

Grigorij Michajłowicz Surkis - Ukrainian businessman, politician, football activist. Vice President of UEFA (2013-2019). President of the Football Federation of Ukraine until September 2012. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the III and IV convocations (1998-2006) from the SDPU (o) faction. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation (since 2019) from the OPZZ party.

Place of birth, education. Born in Odessa. In 1972 he graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Technology of Food Industry with a specialization in 'Machines and Devices of Food Industry' (qualification - engineer-mechanic).

Career. 1972-1974 - senior engineer of the supply office of the Main Fruit and Vegetable Prom of the Ukrainian SSR.

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1974-1975 - foreman of RSU-1 of the Ukrrémstrojmaterialy trust (Kharkiv).

1975-1988 - work manager, deputy head of RSU-3, chief engineer, head of production and assembly technology department of the Kyivzhilremont trust of the Kyiv Main Department of Housing Construction.

1988-1991 - chief engineer, head of production and technology department - deputy head of production of the housing and repair union of the Kyiv Main Administrative Office.

1991-1993 - general director of SP 'Dynamo-Atlantik', head of the supply department of the Kyiv GIP.

1993-1998 - president of the Ukrainian Industrial-Financial Consortium Swatycz, president of the Football Club 'Dynamo' (Kyiv) (from 1998 to 2002 - honorary president).

1996-2000 - president of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, vice president of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU). In 2000 he was elected to the position of president of the FFU, in 2002 - re-elected for a second term.

1998-2006 - twice a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (III and IV convocations), member of the SDPU (o) faction. For a long time Surkis was a member of the party authorities, a long-time business and political partner of the former leader of SDPU(o) Viktor Medvedchuk.

In 2006 he unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary mandate from the list of the Opposition Bloc NOT LIKE THIS! (number 6).

In 2007, Surkis was re-elected as president of the FFU for a third term (until 2012). In 2012 he was succeeded in this position by Anatoliy Konkov.

Thanks to Surkis’ efforts, in 2007 UEFA made the decision to organize the 2012 UEFA European Championship in Ukraine and Poland.

On May 24, 2013, Grigorij Surkis was appointed vice president of UEFA.

On April 5, 2017, the 41st UEFA Congress in Helsinki re-elected Grigorij Surkis as vice president of UEFA.

Since 2019 - honorary member of UEFA.

In the parliamentary elections of 2019, he was elected as a member of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation from the list of the party Opposition Platform – For Life, number 17 on the list.

Since April 21, 2022, he has been a member of the parliamentary group Platform for Life and Peace (PŽiP) in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation, established from former members of the OPZZ.

Orders. Member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (since 1998), vice president of NOK (since 2006). Member of the Committee of National Associations of FIFA (since 2000). Chairman of the Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee (since 2007). Member of the Executive Committee of UEFA (since 2004). Chairman of the Council of Strategic Development of Professional Football.

Holders of the 'For Merits' order (III (1996), II (1999), and I (2004) degrees). Awarded with the Order of Yaroslav the Wise of the V (2006), IV (2012), and III (2014) degrees. Knight of the Honorary Order of the Republic of Italy 'Order of Commander'.

Laureate of the first independent Ukrainian award 'Prometheus-Prestige' and title of 'Man of the Year' from 1996 to 1999.

Family. Father Mikhail Davydovich (1919, doctor), mother Rimma Yakovlevna (1926). Younger brother Igor Surkis (1958) - president of FC 'Dynamo' (Kyiv).

First wife Tatiana (1957) - economist. Second wife Ekaterina - sports master in swimming. Surkis has two children - daughter Svetlana (1972, teacher) and son (2006).

Wealth status. In February 2008, Focus magazine estimated the total wealth of the Surkis brothers at $915 million, placing them in 26th place on the list of the richest Ukrainians. At the same time, the editorial office noted that these figures of domestic football, in addition to FC 'Dynamo', own the Ukrainian industrial-financial concern Swatycz, the TET radio and television company, SA Kyiv-Kod, investment funds Dzherelo, Dobrobuth, and Nadezhda, control the insurance company Alkona and others.

In June 2008, Korespondent's editorial placed Igor Surkis with a fortune of $309 million in 49th place in its top-50 richest Ukrainians. The older brother did not manage to find a place in this ranking.

He and his brother Igor Surkis made it to the 'Golden Hundred' list (47th place), published in Korespondent magazine on June 9, 2011. The capital was estimated at $263 million.

03.11.2023.