Serhiy Taruta

Serhiy Taruta
Сергій Тарута
Serhiy Taruta
Governor of Donetsk Oblast
In office
2 March – 10 October 2014
Preceded byAndriy Shyshatskiy
Succeeded byOleksandr Kikhtenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
9th convocation
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 August 2019
8th convocation
In office
27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019
Personal details
Born
Serhiy Oleksiyovych Taruta

(1955-07-22) 22 July 1955 (age 69)
Vynohradne, Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
CitizenshipUkrainian
Political partyBatkivshchyna
EducationDonetsk State University of Management

Serhiy Oleksiyovych Taruta (Ukrainian: Сергій Олексійович Тарута; born 22 July 1955) is a Ukrainian politician and current member of the Ukrainian parliament,[1] Ukrainian businessman,[2][3][4] sometimes called an oligarch,[5] founder of Industrial Union of Donbas,[6][7] former[8][failed verification] President of FC Metalurh Donetsk,[citation needed] and the former governor of Donetsk Oblast.[9][10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference winner for the seat in constituency 58 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen speak in support of Ukrainian unity as Russia commences invasion of Crimea". Euromaidan Press. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  3. ^ 2014-03-03T10:23+02:00 10:23 03.03.2014. "Businessman Taruta replaces Donetsk Regional Administration head Shyshatsky". en.interfax.com.ua. Retrieved 2017-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "IX European Economic Congress - Poland, Katowice May 10-12 2017". eecpoland.eu. 1955-07-22. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  5. ^ Luke Harding (25 April 2014). "The billionaire parachuted in to run Ukraine's most troubled region". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Roman Olearchik (March 2, 2014). "Akhmetov joins Ukraine oligarchs in pledging to protect homeland". Financial Times. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  7. ^ "Ukraine: Are oligarch appointments at odds with new sense of fairness?". The Guardian. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  8. ^ "Донецкий футбольный клуб "Металлург" прекратил свое существование - Футбол: деловой новостной сайт Дело Украина". Delo.ua. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  9. ^ Andrew Roth (March 7, 2014). "Ukrainian Officials in East Act to Blunt Pro-Russian Forces". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  10. ^ "Petro Poroshenko presented new Head of Donetsk RSA Oleksandr Kikhtenko - Official web-site of President of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2015-01-27.