Oleksandr Kamyshin

Oleksandr Kamyshin
Олександр Камишін
Kamyshin in 2023
Minister of Strategic Industries
Assumed office
21 March 2023
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byPavlo Riabikin
CEO of Ukrainian Railways
In office
11 August 2021 (initially as acting CEO) – 28 February 2023
Preceded byVolodymyr Zhmak[1]
Succeeded byYevhen Lyashchenko
Personal details
Born (1984-07-02) 2 July 1984 (age 40)[2][3]
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Children2
Alma materIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute[4]
Known forChairman of Ukrainian Railways during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Kamyshin (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Камишін; born 2 July 1984)[3] is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Minister of Strategic Industries since 21 March 2023. He was the CEO of state-owned Ukrainian Railways from August 2021 to late February 2023.[5][6][2][7]

  1. ^ Govt appoints head of Boryspil airport's supervisory board Zhmak as Head of Ukrzaliznytsia, Interfax-Ukraine (26 August 2020)
  2. ^ a b Keane, Fergal (15 March 2022). "Ukraine's wartime rail chief has to be faster than the Russians tracking him". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kamyshinperson5214 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Ukraine: Oleksandr Kamyshin appointed as chairman of the management board of joint-stock company "Ukrainian railways" on 25 October 2021". International Union of Railways. 2 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Head of Ukrzaliznytsia resigns". Ukrainska Pravda. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
    "The head of "Ukrzaliznytsia" Kamyshin is resigning". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ^ "The Supervisory Board of UZ recommends to appoint Alexander Kamyshin as the head of Ukrzaliznytsia". 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ McLean, Scott; El Sirgany, Sarah; Streib, Christian (14 March 2022). "The command center on rails: How Ukrainians are keeping trains on track in war". CNN. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.