Born December 17, 1947, in Kaluga
Education
1971: Graduated from Moscow State University (the Department of Geology)
Experience
1971-1976: Worked at the Tulaugol coal plant in Tula;
1976-1984: Department head at the Moscow Region Research Coal Institute;
1984-1995: Deputy Director and, subsequently, Director of the National Institute of Mining Geology, Ukraine;
1994-1998: Member of Parliament, chair of the budget committee;
1996-2002: Chair of the Tax Administration of Ukraine;
2002-2005: First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Finance Minister;
2006: Chair of the budget committee, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Finance Minister;
2007-2010: MP representing the Party of Regions, Finance Minister in the Shadow Cabinet;
From 2010 to present: Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Married with a son