Swiatasz Dmitrij
Date of Birth: 15.06.1971
Place of Birth. Education. He was born in Kharkiv. In 1994, he graduated from the Kharkiv Medical Institute specializing in pediatrics (qualification of pediatrician). In 2000, he graduated from the Institute of Advanced Training of Machine Industry Personnel specializing in finance (qualification of economist). In 2001, he graduated from the National Academy of Law of Ukraine named after Ja. Mudryy specializing in law (qualification of lawyer). In 2007, he graduated from the Kharkiv Regional Institute of Management under the President of Ukraine specializing in public administration.
Career. 1994-1997 - internship at the Kharkiv City Clinical Hospital No. 30.
1997-1998 - president of the Ukrainian-Latvian joint-stock company Avtoinveststroy.
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1998-1999 - president of the Ukrainian-Latvian car company LLC Avtoinveststroy.
1999-2000 - president of an enterprise with foreign investments AIS.
September-October 2000 - president of the foreign investment company AIS-Import.
From November 2000 to 2002 - president of the Avtoinveststroy (AIS) corporation.
Since May 2002 - people's deputy of Ukraine of the IV-VI convocations. He first entered parliament, winning a mandate in one of the districts of Kharkiv region and being a member of the People's Democratic Party. He immediately joined the One Ukraine faction, created on the basis of the electoral bloc For a United Ukraine! Later, he was a member of the Democratic Initiative group, the faction of Volodymyr Lytvyn's People's Party. At the end of his term, in November 2005, he joined the Regions of Ukraine party.
In the parliamentary elections of 2006 and 2007, he was elected deputy from the list of the Regions Party. Member of the Regions Party. In the Verkhovna Rada of the VI convocation, he served as the head of the subcommittee on taxation of entities in the non-banking financial institutions market and entities in the financial market of the Tax Policy and Customs Committee.
From December 2012 to November 2014 - people's deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation, he got into parliament as a candidate of the Regions Party in single-member district No. 170 in the Kharkiv region. Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Tax Policy and Customs.
On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'dictatorship laws' - a package of anti-democratic laws that severely restricted citizens' rights and freedom of speech.
In 2014, as an independent candidate, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in district number 170.
Since 2015, he has been a member of the party faction Renaissance.
In the early parliamentary elections in 2019, he ran for a mandate in the 170 single-member district (Moskovskyi District of Kharkiv). As a result of the voting, he lost to the candidate from the Servant of the People party Andriy Odarchenko.
Business and Wealth. Swiatasz - former co-owner of the Avtoinveststroy corporation, one of the largest players in the domestic automotive market. AIS is engaged in the production, sale, warranty, and post-warranty service of cars and buses. The corporation received the right to official representation in Ukraine for most Russian car manufacturers. AIS is the exclusive importer of GAZ, UAZ, PAZ, LiAZ, GolAZ, KAvZ brands. Official dealer of VAZ, KamAZ, MAZ, IZH, 'Ural' brands. He has the status of an official dealer of 'Audi' (Germany) and 'Ford' (USA). Since 2005 - exclusive importer of 'CITROЁN' cars (France), and since 2007 - 'SsangYong' (Korea) and 'GEELY' (China).
Upon starting his deputy activity, Swiatasz distanced himself from the operational management of the AIS group of companies.
In 2008, in the ranking of the richest Ukrainians by Focus magazine, Swiatasz shared 104-105 place with another co-owner of AIS, Vasyl Polakov. Experts estimated each partner's wealth at 200 million. Since 2009, Swiatasz finally exited the founders of AIS.
Social Activities. Since May 2002 - honorary president of the sports club 'Peresvet' and the same-name charitable foundation in Kharkiv.
Criminal Case. On October 8, 2019, Dmitriy Swiatasz was charged under Art. 4 p. 190 of the Criminal Code (fraud through group crime, in large amounts), and under Art. 3 p. 27 Art. 3 p. 358 of the Criminal Code (forgery of an official document). According to the investigation, Dmitriy Swiatasz, from 2008 to 2018, through representation with the authorities of the AIS group, embezzled 1.1 billion hryvnias, which the company obtained as a loan from Ukrsybbank. On November 16, Swiatasz was announced wanted as part of the criminal proceedings concerning the acquisition of funds from Ukrsybbank. In May 2020, articles portal 057.ua reported that Dmitriy Swiatasz had fled to Russia, where he obtained asylum.
Family. Married. First wife Nina Swiatasz (born 1972) - employee of AIS corporation. The second wife is Angelika Pogosian (born 1986). They have two sons: Dmitriy (born 2015) and Lev (born 2017).
Hobbies. Smooth jazz music, record collecting, snowboarding, skiing, golf.
06.14.2021.