Oksana Markarova

Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova (Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Маркарова; born 28 October 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States since February 2021.[2] Markarova is also a former Minister of Finance in the government of Volodymyr Groysman and Oleksiy Honcharuk.[3] She was acting Finance Minister since 8 June 2018[4] acting after Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Groysman.[5]

Oksana Markarova
Оксана Маркарова
  Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States  
Assumed office
25 February 2021
Preceded byVolodymyr Yelchenko[1]
Minister of Finance
In office
7 June 2018 – 4 March 2020
Acting until 22 November 2018
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman
Oleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byOleksandr Danylyuk
Succeeded byIhor Umansky
Personal details
Born (1976-10-28) 28 October 1976
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Early life and education

In 1999 Markarova received a master's degree in Ecology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2001, she got a master's degree in Public Finance and Trade at Indiana University.

Career

Until transferring to the civil service in 2015, Markarova worked in the private sector. During that period she worked with Natalie Jaresko at an investment fund in Kyiv.

Since March 2015 Markarova was a Deputy Minister of Finance under successive ministers Natalie Jaresko and Oleksandr Danylyuk. In April 2016, she was appointed First Deputy Minister of Finance.

At the initiative of Oksana Markarova, in 2015 the largest open data portal in the public finance sector E-data (e-data.gov.ua) was created, which now consists of modules spending.gov.ua, openbudget.gov.ua and proifi.gov. ua. In 2018, Oksana Markarova received the Open Data Leader Award for the highest personal merit in the development of open data.

Government Commissioner for Investment (August 2016 - January 2019). At that time, she managed the creation and operation of the UkraineInvest Investment Attraction and Support Office and initiated the creation of the Ukrainian Startup Fund.

After Oleksandr Danylyuk was dismissed on 7 June 2018 after a conflict with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman[5][6] Markarova was appointed acting Minister of Finance on 8 June 2018.[4] On 22 November 2018 the Ukrainian parliament appointed her as Minister of Finance.[3] The beginning of the Shmyhal Government on 4 March 2020 was the end of her tenure as Minister of Finance.[7]

On December 16, 2020, Oksana Markarova received the French National Order of Merit.

After her dismissal Markarova returned to the private sector and her work on the supervisory board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[8]

On 25 February 2021 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Markarova Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.[2]

Immediately after her appointment, Markarova said that her main priorities for the new position were "strengthening cooperation with the Joseph Biden administration and political dialogue based on their broad bipartisan support" and "maximum assistance to the development of Ukrainian companies in the United States and attracting American companies to Ukraine. »

Other activities

Personal life

Markarova is married to banker and businessman Danylo Volynets. The family has four children.[10]

Earnings

According to the electronic declaration, in 2019, Markarova received of 690,478 hryvnias (US$25,573) as salary, 999,720 hryvnias (US$37,027) as interest and 1 031,212 hryvnias (US$38,193) as revenues from alienation of securities and corporate rights. On bank accounts, Markarova had 8 426,303  hryvnias (US$312,085) and US$29. Additionally, Markarova had an apartment (total area of 95,6 m2) . Markarova also declared tribal horse (ore of the mare of the Hanoverian breed), jewelry (wedding rings with precious stones, watch), a 2015 Toyota Highlander car [11]

See also

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) Markarova became Ukraine's new ambassador to the United States, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 February 2021)
  2. Ukraine appoints former finance minister as ambassador to U.S., Reuters (25 February 2021)
  3. Ukraine parliament appoints Markarova, Friz ministers, UNIAN (22 November 2018)
  4. Oksana Markarova appointed Ukraine's acting finance minister, UNIAN (8 June 2018)
  5. Ukrainian lawmakers OK creating anti-corruption court, Business Insider (7 June 2018)
    Ukraine finance minister claims he was told to back corruption or quit, The Times (South Africa) (7 June 2018)
  6. Roman Olearchyk (June 6, 2018), Ukraine’s PM asks parliament to sack his finance minister Financial Times.
  7. "Ukrainian lawmakers vote to appoint Ihor Umansky as new finance minister". Reuters. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  8. (in Ukrainian) Former Finance Minister Markarova returns to business and registers a startup, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2019)
  9. Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  10. Оксана Маркарова: краткая биография и профессиональная деятельность
  11. "Declarations: Markarova Oksana Serhiivna from the NACP". declarations.com.ua. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
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