Vasiliev Alexander

Date of birth: 29.10.1951

Alexander Andreevich Vasiliev - former people's deputy (Party of Regions).

Place of birth. Education. Born in Donetsk. In 1981, graduated from Donetsk State University with a degree in economics and planning of material and technical supplies (qualification - economist). Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Career. 1969-1970 - electrician at Donetsk machine-building plant.

1970-1977 - mechanic, engineer, senior engineer at the motor vehicle depot of the Donetsk Construction Trust.

1977-1984 - head of the motor column of the Donetsk motor depot of the Donbassvodstroy trust, 1984-1985 - director of the road transport enterprise Donbassvodstroy.

1995-1997 - director, chairman of the board of PJSC 'Donetsk road transport enterprise 11480'.

1997-2003 - head of the Control and Audit Office in Donetsk region.

2003-2004 - head of the State Tax Administration in Donetsk region.

Since March 2004 - people's deputy of Ukraine of the IV, V, and VI convocations. Member of the Party of Regions and its parliamentary faction. In the VI convocation of the Verkhovna Rada, he headed the subcommittee on excise duties of the committee on tax and customs policy.

In the 2004 presidential elections, Vasiliev was a trusted person of the ruling candidate, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, in one of the districts of Donetsk.

From 2012 to November 2014 - people's deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation, nominated by the Party of Regions in single-member district No. 59 in Donetsk region. Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget Issues.

On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'dictatorial laws' - a package of anti-democratic laws that significantly restricted citizens' rights and freedom of speech.

Public Activities. 1994-1998 - deputy of the Donetsk City Council. 1998-2004 - deputy of the Donetsk Regional Council.

Regalia. Honored Economist of Ukraine. Honorable worker of the State Audit Office of Ukraine.

Family connections. Wife Lyudmila Vasilieva (born 1954). Daughter Elena Hubanova (born 1975), doctor at the Donetsk regional clinical territorial medical association. Son Evgeniy Vasiliev (born 1983), head of the investment department of the Builders Alliance of Donbass association.

Brother Gennady Vasiliev (born 1953) - former prosecutor of Donetsk region and ex-attorney general of Ukraine, parliament member from the Party of Regions. He entered the list of the richest Ukrainians. According to the Focus magazine's estimates, at the beginning of 2008, the net worth of the people's deputy and co-owner of the Energo concern was $575 million. And the Korrespondent publication counted even more - $1.66 billion, placing younger Vasiliev in 16th place on the list of fifty leading domestic wealthy individuals.

Earlier, in 2006, Korrespondent wrote that the Vasiliev brothers, holding high positions in executive power, 'were a valuable resource for Energo'. Thanks to their support, large financial and industrial groups were afraid to conflict with this concern.

20.10.2023.