Mykhailo Hryhorovych Kaskevych (Ukrainian: Михайло Григорович Каскевич; 17 February 1948[1] – 20 July 2004) was a Ukrainian politician and economist.

Mykhailo Kaskevych
Михайло Каскевич
Head of the State Committee for Consumer Rights Protection of Ukraine
In office
30 September 1999 – 10 January 2000
Prime MinisterValeriy Pustovoitenko
Preceded byStanislav Syvokon
Governor of Chernihiv Oblast
In office
30 April 1998 – 12 August 1999
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byPetro Shapoval
Succeeded byMykola Butko
Minister of Labour
In office
29 October 1991 – 8 August 1996
President
Prime Minister
Preceded byVitaliy Vasylchenko
Succeeded byMykola Biloblotskyi
Personal details
Born(1948-02-17)17 February 1948
Nizhyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died20 June 2004(2004-06-20) (aged 56)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materKyiv National Economic University

Biography

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Mykhailo Kaskevych was born in 1948 in Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. After graduating from Kyiv National Economic University in 1973 started a career in public service. Held multiple positions with Ukrainian SSR governing bodies — DerzhPlan and Council of Ministers.

Weeks before the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine was appointed a Deputy Minister of Industrial Privatization and Demonopolization of Ukrainian SSR (the government body later transformed into State Property Fund of Ukraine).

On 29 October 1991 he became a member of the first Cabinet of the independent Ukraine, Fokin government, as the Minister of Labour.[2] Held this office for almost five years, serving in Cabinets of five consecutive Prime Ministers. Resigned on 8 August 1996.[3]

In the late 1990s and early 2000s he had a number of positions in public service, most notably as the Governor of Chernihiv Oblast since May 1998 till August 1999. He was appointed Executive Secretary of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission in 2003.[4]

He died on 20 June 2004, in Kyiv. A heart attack was reported as the cause of death. He is buried at Baikove Cemetery.

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  1. ^ Kononchuk, Svitlana (1998). Administrat︠s︡ii︠a︡ Prezydenta i Kabinet Ministriv Ukraïny: informat︠s︡ii︠a︡ stanom na 25 hrudni︠a︡ 1997 roku (in Ukrainian). Ahentstvo "Ukraïna". p. 215. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Про призначення Міністра праці України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Про відставку Міністра праці України М. Каскевича". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Календар пам'ятних та визначних дат | Ніжинська міська рада". nizhynrada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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