Iryna Mykhailivna Akimova (Ukrainian: Ірина Михайлівна Акімова; born on April 26, 1960, in Kharkiv, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian politician and former First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine.[1][2] She held this post from February 2010 till February 2014.[1]
Biography
editAkimova was born in Kharkiv on 26 April 1960.[1] In 1982, she graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Kharkiv State University. She was the holder of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Volkswagen Stiftung, DAAD, and ACCEL fellowships.[1]
After April 2014, she moved away from politics and has been engaged in painting in Kyiv. In January 2022, she opened an exhibition showing her paintings.[3]
Work and scientific activities
editIn the middle of the 1980s, Akimova passed her Ph.D. defense.[citation needed]
Positions and places of work
editThis biographical section is written like a résumé. (January 2023) |
- Senior advisor to Victor Yanukovych[citation needed]
- Director of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting in Kyiv[4]
- Senior research fellow at the Center for Economic Research at Warsaw University
- Research assistant at the Economics department of the University of Magdeburg
- Director of the analytical center "Blakitna strіchka" Ltd. (Blue Ribbon)[5]
- Assistant Professor of Management Department at Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Director General of the analytical center "Bureau of Economic and Social Technologies" (Kyiv)[6]
Political career
editSince October 2007, Akimova has been a member of the Party of Regions.[7] In November 2007 she was elected the Member of Parliament – No. 63 on the list.[5][8] Akimova then worked as Deputy Head of the Committee in Verkhovna Rada on economic policy issues and took the position of Economy Minister in the opposition government of Viktor Yanukovych.[1] Akimova is a frequent guest at political talk shows and is the public figure in the Party of Regions.[citation needed]
On February 25, 2010, Akimova was appointed the First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration.[9] On March 16, 2010, she was appointed the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.[9]
After Andriy Klyuyev had left the post in mid-February 2012 Akimova was tipped as the new First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.[2] But Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi was appointed instead.[10]
In October 2012 Akimova was re-elected into the Ukrainian parliament on the party list of the Party of Regions, but she turned down this mandate.[11][12]
In late January 2014, by decrees of President Yanukovych Akimova was dismissed from the post of first deputy head of the Presidential Administration and appointed advisor to the President.[13] In February 2014 Yanukovych was ousted from power.[14] In an April 2014 interview, she stated that she no longer is a member of the Party of Regions.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Акимова Ирина Михайловна- фото, биография// Акимова Ирина Михайловна на ЛІГА.Досье. File.liga.net. Retrieved on 2013-06-18.
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Банкова обирає між Хорошковським і Акімовою?, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 February 2012)
- ^ Афиша Киева на 19-25 января 2022 года
- ^ "Акімова Ірина Михайлівна". LB.ua. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b Ірина Акімова – Досьє – Вибори Президента України 2010, новини політики, усі кандидати на пост Президента України. President2010.info. Retrieved on 2013-06-18.
- ^ Irina Akimova MP, Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Committee of Economic Policy. debaty.org
- ^ Ирина Акимова" KievSMI: Новости Киева. KievSMI (2010-02-26). Retrieved on 2013-06-18.
- ^ Ирина Акимова. Досье и компромат. Politrada.com (2011-12-29). Retrieved on 2013-06-18.
- ^ a b УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАИНЫ № 267/2010 – Официальное представительство Президента Украины Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. President.gov.ua (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2013-06-18.
- ^ Khoroshkovsky dismissed as finance minister, appointed first deputy prime minister, Interfax Ukraine (22 February 2012)
- ^ Tigipko and Poroshenko registered as parliamentaries, Kyiv Post (4 December 2012)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
- ^ a b Акимова Ирина Михайловна [Akimova Irina Mikhailovna]. liga.net (in Russian). 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News