Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kubrakov (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Кубраков; born 20 August 1982)[1] is a Ukrainian economist, civil servant and politician.[2] From May 2021 to June 2024, he served as Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.[3]
Oleksandr Kubrakov | |
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Олександр Кубраков | |
_(cropped).jpg) Kubrakov in 2022 | |
| Minister of Infrastructure | |
| In office 20 May 2021 – 9 May 2024 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Vladyslav Krykliy |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Shkurakov |
| Head of the State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine | |
| In office 19 November 2019 – 20 May 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1982 Pershotravensk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Kyiv National Economic University Harvard Kennedy School |
| Occupation | civil servant |
Biography
editKubrakov studied at the Kyiv National Economic University and completed a course in the Harvard Kennedy School.[4]
Kubrakov was on a party list of the Servant of the People political party during the 2019 parliamentary elections,[1] and was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) in 2019.[5] He surrendered his deputy mandate upon his appointment as a head of Ukravtodor on 3 December 2019.
On 15 November 2019 Kubrakov was determined the winner of the competition to assume the office of the chairperson of the State Agency for Motor Roads of Ukraine ("Ukrautodor") [6] and on 19 November 2019 he was appointed to this position by a Government of Ukraine[7]
On 20 May 2021 Kubrakov was appointed to the position of Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.[3]
On 14 August 2022 Kubrakov posted on his Facebook account that Ukraine are preparing delivery and will be delivering 23 thousand tons of wheat to Ethiopia via the ship named the "BRAVE COMMANDER".
Kubrakov was included to the Time 100 for the year 2022 published on 28 September 2022 ranking of one hundred people who are "changing the future of the world.[8]
On 2 December 2022 the Shmyhal Government merged the Ministry of Infrastructure with the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development creating the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure; Kubrakov remained as head of the combined ministry.[9]
On 9 May 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to dismiss Kubrakov from his position as minister.[10]
Awards
edit- Order of Merit, 3rd class (2022).[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Кубраков Олександр Миколайович". Central Election Commission (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Propresidential party assigns members to key parliamentary committees". LB.ua. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Rada appoints Kubrakov as infrastructure minister". LB.ua. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Government reshuffle – profiles of new ministers". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Some 254 MPs enter Rada from Servant of the People, 124 MPs from other parties, 46 MPs self-appointed". Interfax-Ukraine. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Olexandr Kubrakov to chair Ukrautodor". Information and Communication Department of the Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "New Head Of Ukravtodor Appointed". 21 November 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Oleksandr Kubrakov is on the TIME100 Next 2022 List". Time. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ OLEKSIY PAVLYSH (2 December 2022). "The government merged the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Regions: the new ministry will be headed by Kubrakov". Ekonomichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
"Rada appoints Kubrakov Dpty PM for restoration of Ukraine". Interfax-Ukraine. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
OLEKSIY PAVLYSH (1 December 2022). "Kubrakov was appointed vice prime minister - minister of infrastructure and regional development". Ekonomichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 December 2022. - ^ "Parliament dismisses Infrastructure Minster Oleksandr Kubrakov". The Kyiv Independent. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 593/2022". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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