Borys Kolesnikov

Borys Kolesnikov
Борис Колесніков
Kolesnikov in 2009
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012[1] – 27 November 2014[2]
In office
25 May 2006 – 11 March 2010
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
11 March 2010[3] – 24 December 2012[4]
Chairman of Donetsk Oblast Council
In office
May 2001 – 25 April 2006
Preceded byViktor Yanukovych
Succeeded byAnatoliy Blyznyuk
Personal details
Born (1962-10-25) 25 October 1962 (age 62)[5]
Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union[5]
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyOpposition Bloc (until 2018)
Party for Peace & Development (2019–2021)
Ukraine is Our Home (2021–present)[6]
Other political
affiliations
Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development
SpouseSvitlana[5]
ChildrenSon (born 1992) and daughter (born 2004)[7]

Borys Viktorovych Kolesnikov (Ukrainian: Борис Вікторович Колесніков, born 25 October 1962)[5] is the leader of the political party Ukraine is Our Home.[6][8] He is the former secretary of the Party of Regions' presidium, former people's deputy in Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) and head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Communications, and former deputy prime minister of Ukraine and former Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.[3] He is the owner and president of the HC Donbass ice hockey club.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DATAVR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "CEC registers 357 newly elected deputies of 422". National Radio Company of Ukraine. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014.
    "Parliament to form leadership and coalition on 27 November". Ukrainian Independent Information Agency. 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "VR approved structure of Cabinet of Ministers (update)". unian.info.
  4. ^ Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)
  5. ^ a b c d "Жіночий Світ". Жіночий Світ. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 747322BorysKolesnikov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference liga was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Лідер". uaourhome.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2021-11-24.